Madeline Weil will speak to the 4th Tuesday Democratic Club this Tuesday, February 26 about the City of Knoxville's Energy and Sustainability Initiative

(Link for more information...)

Lots of speculation is going on as to where George will live after he leaves the Whitehouse. I figure it's here.

Jack Lail's op-ed column in today's KNS opinion section. (KnoxViews is mentioned!)

The Sunday "clash of the Titans and we're not talking just politics" edition of the TennViews weekly blog roundup is here.

Now, I don't reckon if y'all are true Southerners y'all should take offense to this. Just a little Sunday humor.

Don't know where it originated. If y'all know, keep me informed...

The North has Bloomingdales, the South has Dollar General.

The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses.

FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH . . .

If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this", you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.

For the entire thang, keep readin' after the break.

Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will "shift the power from the few to the many."

Wow! What a surprise. Will anyone take him seriously this time?

My friend and novelist extraordinaire Cyn Mobley is writing another novel (she has about 45 under her karate black belt so far). But this time she is podcasting about the process.

The novel is titled THE CALLING. Cyn started in late January and promised to have the first draft done in a month. Since then, she has dealt with a new puppy and a touch of the flu. Still, she's making real progress, and she's telling us about it.