“We the people of the United States of America ….” That phrase from the preamble to the Constitution seems a quaint, almost archaic notion in these divisive times, times in which we’ve lost faith in ourselves and in each other. We the people, acting together, toward a shared purpose, a more perfect union? Do we […]

A northeast Tennessee school board this week became at least the third in the state to approve the display of the Ten Commandments in its public schools since a new GOP-backed law giving districts the option took effect July 1.  With little debate, the Washington County Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of […]