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CIVICS CLASS, "SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK" DIDN'T PREPARE US FOR MODERN POLITICS

Posted on July 27, 2021

The following is my column from today's issue of The Tennessean, and it is reprinted with the permission of the Tennessee USA Today Network. Between partisan fights and filibusters, bills... Read More »
Posted by Bill Haltom at Tuesday, July 27, 2021

MEMORIES OF MY SPACESHIP

Posted on July 21, 2021

In 1961, when I was 9 years old, I built a spaceship.  It was made of cardboard, and it sat on a launching pad in the driveway in front of my house.  My mother and father parked on the st... Read More »
Posted by Bill Haltom at Wednesday, July 21, 2021

TOO MUCH NEWS, TOO LITTLE JOURNALISM

Posted on July 08, 2021

I am a news junkie.  I read five newspapers each morning, not from cover to cover, but from screen to screen.  My favorite time of the week is early Sunday morning.  I get the big th... Read More »
Posted by Bill Haltom at Thursday, July 8, 2021