Op-Ed, originally published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press February 13, 2017 A long time ago,...

I’m a progressive candidate running to represent District 26 in the Tennessee House of...

I don’t remember my dad, but he was my hero. Dad was a med-evac pilot in Vietnam. He was shot down...

When my dad was killed in action, my gentle mom became a casualty of war too. Left to raise two...

My dad was a devout Catholic, raised in a big Irish family in St. Louis. My mom was a deeply...

When I was seven, I inherited a hundred dollars from one of the whiskery great-great aunts my...

On February 13, 2017, I wrote an opinion column for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Less than a...

Like most middle-aged people, I have some gauzy memories of summer. You know, playing kickball in...

You might have noticed the arrow on my campaign signs. It’s a compass pointing north. “True north”...

Nothing makes my blood boil more than a boilerplate email from my government representative. If...

Last night I attended the TN Democratic Party’s Three Star Dinner in Nashville, where people from...

Nothing has made me sadder than seeing Jesus co-opted by politicians. I grew up Catholic at a time...

Often when I’m canvassing, someone will take my literature, read it, turn it over and read the...

When I was seven or eight, my mom sent me to an all-girls summer day camp. I was fairly shy at...

Being a state legislator isn’t rocket science. Don’t take it from me; take it from the state...

Cempa Community Care, based in Chattanooga, has been battling HIV/AIDS for 37 years. In 2022...