Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs both want the same land. And a compromise has proven difficult to find.
By Zack Beauchamp
Part of Everything you need to know about Israel-Palestine
Israel is the world’s only Jewish state, located just east of the Mediterranean Sea. Palestinians, the Arab population that hails from the land Israel now controls, refer to the...
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Dr. Carol M. Swain Commentary: How Euphemisms and Language Restrictions Shroud America’s Immigration Debate
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by Dr. Carol M. Swain
Immigration reform requires a political and social environment where well-meaning individuals can speak honestly about the nature of the problem and its implications for American society. Unfortunately, that is not our world right now. Consequently, we are no closer to solving what has become a perennial problem. America has not had a major immigration reform...
By Phil McCausland and Tom Winter
The United States came to an agreement with China at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires this week over the regulation of the opioid fentanyl, which is linked to thousands of overdoses in the United States.
China and the United States released individual statements regarding the bilateral agreement about the ongoing trade war between them,...
Our Rutherford County Schools continue to rank among the best in the Volunteer State.Tennessee, based on the results of a redesigned annual report card released today by the Tennessee Department of Education.
The report ranks Rutherford County Schools as a Level 5 district overall, the highest score possible.
“We are generally pleased with our district’s performance and plan to use the...
Publisher’s Note: Edmund Burke once stated, “Those that do not know their History are Doomed to Repeat it.” Dr. George Smith knew his history and he certainly didn’t want others to repeat it. Dr. Smith had a love for Tennessee history and telling those old stories, but most importantly he had a love for his fellow man. He was...
Those who have been wondering just how far opponents of the Constitution, as it is written, will go to keep originalist judges away from the U.S. Supreme Court need look no further than the recent character assassination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of Maryland. On the day that Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.,...
Mike Lindell, the founder and CEO of My Pillow, has invested $1 million in the production of a pro-life movie that is critical of Planned Parenthood.
“I’m pro-life and I’m happy to do it,” Lindell told the Hollywood Reporter about his substantial contribution to the making of Unplanned, a film that further exposes America’s largest abortion provider.
The movie is based on the experience of Abby...
A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.
In a new analysis of the latest numbers, from 2014, 63 percent of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows...
Bill Lee will be sworn in as our next Governor, and change is going to come. There will be policy differences between the incoming governor and the outgoing Governor Bill Haslam. The Lee Team should base their transition on conservative principles and beliefs that he espoused when ran for office.
Keep in mind that Bill Lee ran as a conservative,...
The Robertson County School System paid a business more than $100,000 for services, even though that business employed a school board member, according to an audit Tennessee Comptrollers released Thursday.
That, auditors said, is a conflict of interest and goes against Tennessee law.
Comptrollers did not name the school board member in their audit.
“During the year, the School Department made payments totaling...