May 5, 2026
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1st Amendment/Free Expression

1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

“Choose Substance Over Ego”: If Columbia’s President Petro Can Call Trump, We Can Talk Across the Aisle

The Power of Direct Communication: Choosing Dialogue Over Ego As a state legislator, I was struck by Colombian President Petro’s surprise pivot from confrontation to conversation with President Trump. After […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression History Leaving a Legacy

Bart Walker and WGNS Staff Keep Good Neighbor Promise After 79 Years

Editor’s Note: During my 58 years—well, 59 years come January 11th—I’ve seen a lot, learned a lot, and watched this community grow. Many would say we’re growing too fast. I […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

Yale Faculty Skews 36-to-1 Democrat Over Republican, With 63% of Departments Having Zero GOP Members

The Buckley Institute at Yale has just released its 2025 Faculty Political Diversity Report, finding a more than 36 to 1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans across all of Yale’s […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

Imprimis: Today’s Firestorm and the Declaration

The following is adapted from remarks delivered on November 18, 2025, at a Hillsdale College reception in Franklin, Tennessee. Two momentous things come together as the New Year approaches. The […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Faith

Troy William’s Journey: When Faith, Family, and Mental Health Collided in Turkey

Am I Not Enough?” — A Journey Through Faith, Despair, and Healing Troy William’s book, Am I Not Enough?, is a raw and deeply honest account of faith tested under […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Faith Leaving a Legacy Mental Health & Well Being Schools/Education

Tennessee Legislature Veteran Marvin Williamson Returns to School, Excels as Nashville School of Law’s ‘Back Row Scholar’

Get to Know: NSL 2L Marvin Williamson As a teenager, Marvin Williamson, a Nashville School of Law 21, discovered he had a unique talent while taking an elective at Central […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

Rep. Bryan Terry Backs Charge Against 70-Foot Landfill Expansion: “Quality of Life at Stake, Process Needs to Halt”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – State Rep. Bryan Terry, R-Murfreesboro, is backing the city of Murfreesboro’s legal challenge to Middle Point Landfill’s (MPL) proposed major expansion and supporting a related resolution before […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Education

Dr. Larry Burriss: Why Audio Books and Print Books Are Neurologically the Same

By Dr. Larry Burriss I remember back in high school we were reading the play “Julius Caesar,” and one day I came to class with a paperback copy of the […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Faith Tennessee Business

Core Issues: Examining Tennessee’s Relationship With CoreCivic

*This article was originally published in the Nashville Scene. Photo credits belong to Hamilton Matthew Masters A look at one of the country’s largest for-profit private prison companies — and […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Politics

Three Judges Do What 13 Years of GOP Supermajority Couldn’t: End Tennessee’s Jim Crow Gun Bans

On Aug. 22, a Tennessee three-judge panel struck down the state’s Jim Crow-era “intent to go armed” and parks gun bans. After 154 years—and despite GOP supermajorities blocking reform—constitutional rights […]

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