Why Bob Shutt Deserves to Represent State Senate District 26
Early voting has begun and one of our most important choices this year is choosing our next State Senator in District 26. As a former member of both the Tennessee State House and Senate, I recommend and plan on voting for Bob Shutt in the Republican primary. Here are few reasons why.
I personally know both Dolores Gresham, the incumbent, and Bob Shutt. I was born and raised in this district and my family has known the Shutt family for over fifty years. Bob and his wife Janie have raised their children and built a successful business in their hometown. I […]
Sweet Tea Is ‘Southern’ So Let’s Own It
I love sweet tea. I love sweet tea as much as I love the South. For me it is the most refreshing, thirst-quenching drink during the dog days of southern summers when the concrete around tennis courts or the pool could easily scramble an egg.
Sweet Iced Tea is as southern as magnolia trees, pecan pie and catching lighting bugs at dusk. It’s part of our southern lifestyle. Lately some have suggested we Southerners abandon our patent – their monolith – unyoke our burden -on sweet iced tea so those in other regions may feel more comfortable. Or as one writer […]
Roger Federer Checks His Ego to Boost Opponents and We Should Too!
For decades to come Roger Federer will be remembered not only one of the greatest tennis players of our time, but of all time. While his backhand may have made him rich and famous, it’s his willingness to praise and compliment his opponents that elevate him to the top of my list.
Federer is and has long held a single-digit ranking. He makes millions on the court and even more in endorsements.
Marcus Willis, his second round Wimbledon opponent and a Great Britain teaching pro, has a 772 ATP ranking (not good) and earns the majority of his income teaching tennis for […]
Chapter 2 – The Perfect Couple
Below are excerpts from my upcoming book, The Extortion of Forgiveness:
“August twenty-second of 1998 was a perfect day for a perfect couple. I stood with my closest family and friends, about to make Kristi my wife—not far from the cramped, campaign office in “Old Germantown” where we’d first met. We were about to exchange vows—in sickness and in health—for better or for worse. I knew what better meant, but worse – that I could not imagine. Not that day. Yet the vows we made before God ended up making us face the ultimate test, when “worse” would be defined years […]
The Extortion of Forgiveness – Chapter 1 – Political Seeds
Author’s Note: If you haven’t done so already, read the prologue to the story here. The entire book will be released soon but because so many have asked, here is another chapter.
Chapter 1 – Political Seeds
I’m not sure who first coined the well-known phrase, “You can’t take the politics out of politics,” but I’ve repeated it thousands of times. Like it or not, politics plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, and for those of us who choose to be involved, it’s a lifestyle — not an occupation.
My immediate family was always politically engaged despite […]
The Extortion of Forgiveness: Prologue – The Beginning of the End
Authors Note: This is the Prologue of my book, The Extortion of Forgiveness. As the chapter title explains, it was a beginning in many senses, as well as an end. It’s been over six and a half years since I typed the first word but now I believe I’ve found a stopping point – not an end – but a place to stop and rest. I hope you enjoy and feel free to share the link to my website. I’ll have the following chapters out soon.
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The Tennessee state capitol sits at the highest elevation point in downtown Nashville. […]