June 19, 2026
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1st Amendment/Free Expression

1st Amendment/Free Expression Faith

Fighter Pilot. Faith Leader. American Hero. General Teichert Speaks at Franklin Road’s Patriotic Sunday

There are places that shape you before you’re old enough to know they’re shaping you. Franklin Road Baptist Church is one of those places for me. I grew up Catholic […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression History

Did You Know? He Signed the Declaration of Independence — Then Died in a Duel 11 Months Later

On May 16, 1777, British-born Georgia Patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence Button Gwinnett receives a bullet wound in a duel with his political rival, Georgia city Whig […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression

Frank Gibson Is Gone — But the Fight for Open Government Must Go On

A Champion for Open Government: Tennessee Loses a Giant in Frank Gibson Publisher’s Note As I write this, my wife and I are watching our grandbabies Grace and Henry. I’m […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

A Tennessee Lawmaker Tried to Weaponize the TBI Against Her Own Constituents — Here Are the Facts

Most Tennesseans never heard about this bill. But they should have. In January 2021, just days after the events at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., Memphis Democratic Representative […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Faith

Murfreesboro Steak ’N Shake Owner Dave Weill Wanted Revenge on the Father Who Destroyed His Family — What He Chose Instead Changed Everything

Why Compassion Is Harder Than Revenge: A Powerful TEDx Talk by Dave Weill In a moving and deeply personal TEDxMurfreesboro talk titled “Why Compassion Is Harder Than Revenge,” Dave Weill […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

Democrat Party Racism Silenced a Black Pastor & Tennessee Rep Who Marched With Dr. Martin Luther King — Where Was the Media?

They Silenced a Good Man — And the Media Let Them By Mike Sparks On April 8, 2020, while most of America was locked down and distracted by a pandemic, […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

As Supreme Court dilutes Voting Rights Act, Tennessee’s first Jewish congressman could lose his seat

This article originally published in the Forward.com, (A Jewish, Independent nonprofit) Rep. Steve Cohen is the first Jew to represent Tennessee in Congress. Steve Cohen is the Democratic U.S. Representative […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Music

Southern Man vs. Southern Pride: The Song That Sparked a Rock ‘n’ Roll War.

The Legend of the Neil Young vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd Feud Growing up in Middle Tennessee, you definitely had a front-row seat to the legend of Skynyrd. In this neck of […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression

MTSU Honors WTVF’s Forrest Sanders with Hall of Fame Induction

Celebrating Excellence: Forrest Sanders Honored by MTSU A big congratulations to Forrest Sanders, a standout reporter with WTVF, on receiving a well-deserved Hall of Fame honor from Middle Tennessee State […]

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