Category Archives: Politics

Bill Haslam: Race for guv strenuous but fun

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley

As Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful, campaigns across the state he, of course, always starts his speeches by thanking his audience for attending. When Haslam was speaking recently in Fayette County in West Tennessee, he noticed that … Continue reading →

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Veteran journalists: profession at precipice

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley

Venerable newspaper publisher and editor John Seigenthaler, retired from the Nashville Tennessean, joined with Chattanooga Times Free Press publisher and executive editor Tom Griscom for an after-dinner chat at The East Tennessee History Center Tuesday night. Introduced by former U.S. … Continue reading →

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Baker Center offers lessons in civility

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley

The Howard Baker Center is on a campaign to increase civility in government. Howard Baker, former Senate majority leader, White House chief of staff, and ambassador to Japan, is the poster child for that. And a true believer. “Politics is … Continue reading →

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