By Susan Newby Today’s Internet poll poses a thorny question for me. At this point, who am I likely to vote for in November, McClain or Obama? As a disaffected Democrat, one of the nearly 18 million Democratic primary voters thoroughly ignored by the superdelegates, Howard Dean and the DNC and political pundits, I’m thankful…

By Lisa Hobbs Once again there seems to be way too much to talk about. So here it is, the mad and the funny:People I can live without are haters. The poor man in Irving College who seems to be targeted by these kind of people on a regular basis really upsets me. I’ll tell…

By Morton Kondracke A new scholarly analysis confirms that Sen. John McCain has to perform miracles to win the 2008 election. So far, he is far short of doing that.McCain’s speech in Louisiana Tuesday night fell embarrassingly short of matching Sen. Barack Obama’ eloquence, vision and delivery — demonstrating the distance McCain has to go…

BY Thomas Vaughn A year ago, Sen. Hillary Clinton seemed well on her way to coronation as the first female President of the United States of America. Somewhere along the way, the Clinton coronation carriage lost its wheels. How all that happened will be discussed, debated and dissected for years. For now, though, all eyes…

‘Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.’ ‘ Margaret Millar ‘The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.’ ‘ Martin Mull ‘Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.’ ‘ Robert Louis Stevenson ‘Three may keep a secret, if two of them…

Want to create a lasting impression the next time you place your youngster in timeout? Some rednecks say the duct-tape-to-the-wall method is effective.

CHATTANOOGA (AP) ‘ The drummer for the country group Alabama has been sued by his fellow band members, who say he was overpaid $202,670.The lawsuit filed May 9 in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Ala., claims that in 2003 Mark Herndon was paid for his share of net merchandise sales during the band’s “American…

LOS ANGELES (AP) ‘ Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy “Get Smart,” says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as “The Rock.”“The Rock has softer lips. I guess I could say that,” the 44-year-old actor told AP Television. “He smells like strawberry shortcake.…

Dr. Randal Rampp, director of the Hospitalist Program at River Park Hospital, was recently nominated and elected to the office of president for the Nashville and Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine. This organization is comprised of hospitalist physicians from major teaching institutions to rural providers throughout Middle Tennessee. Dr. Rampp accepted…

By Lisa Hobbs MILEY CYRUS Warren County ‘extras’ barely escaped injury Tuesday during the filming of ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’ with Miley Cyrus. ‘It was a bittersweet experience,’ said Susan Townsend, regarding the day-long filming she attended in Greenbrier, Tenn., with her husband, Clifton, and her daughters Ruth, 11, Naomi, 10, Lydia, 8, and Martha,…