Editorial Our Viewpoint As the General Assembly begins another session, there are a number of large-scale issues, such as health care and immigration, that will take years to sort out. However, lawmakers are faced with one meaningful issue they can handle this year ‘ how to better distribute lottery scholarship money. When Tennessee first began…

By Kathryn Lopez An odd thing happened when Benazir Bhutto died. Liberal feminists seemed not to notice. Sure, Hillary Clinton made use of the former Pakistani prime minister’s assassination on the campaign trail. It was legitimately a major world event two days after Christmas and a week before the Iowa caucus. Anyone running for president…

BY William Rusher The sweeping victory of Barack Obama in Iowa’s Democratic primary seems to have generated a kind of electric shock among political observers. Suddenly it seems possible, allegedly for the first time, that a black candidate may actually be able to win a presidential nomination and then go on to take the White…

By J. Dale Beaty This Friday is the last opportunity to sign up for the UT Master Gardener Class to be held on Thursday nights starting on Jan. 17 this winter in McMinnville. The Master Gardener program is a comprehensive home gardening class taught in 12 sessions. The classes are taught by area Extension agents…

Brugmansia ‘Charles Grimaldi’, or Angel Trumpets, is a hybrid whose parentage includes a cross between B. ‘Dr. Seuss’ and B. ‘Frosty Pink’. Brugmansias in general are native from Colombia to Chile. Plant are related to the genus Datura in the U.S. but only differ in being woody and evergreen as opposed to being herbaceous. They…

By Charlie Nardozzi Whether you believe global warming is a natural cycle of the planet or caused by human activity, the Earth is warming, and plants and the environment are changing because of it. The question is not whether it will continue, but how severe will be the results. Native ranges of plants may move…

By Dakota Tinney A masterpiece is defined as your greatest piece of work. It’s all about kids finding that one thing they love, that defines them, and feeling bold enough to put it out in this world as a mark of their individual existence. Some people use whirligigs, otherwise known as sculptures with spinning objects,…

By Dakota Tinney ‘I love to be involved in the Warren County FFA Chapter, and being a chapter officer.’ Whitney Tanner, 11th grade ‘I love to ride horses.’ Jeremy Jones, 11th grade ‘I like the art of photography. I want to become a photographer, and I’ve been taking pictures since I was a little girl.’…

By Dakota Tinney One thing most people don’t realize is that on their journey through life, they carry with them an invisible dreambox. A dreambox is a box that every individual receives the moment they are born. A dreambox can be big or small depending on the person, and can be either empty or full.…

Casting has been announced for the Nashville engagement of Disney’s ‘High School Musical,’ which comes to TPAC’s Jackson Hall January 22-27, as an HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC Subscriber Special. Presented by Disney Theatrical Productions, the division responsible for such smash Broadway hits as ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘High School…