On October 7th, Belmont University in Nashville, TN will play host to the second Presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. The format will be town hall style, where regular citize...

Meet Alex McVeagh. He first became interested in politics during the 2000 Presidential election as an 8th grader. He was drawn to what he saw as a different kind of candidate in John McCain. Of cours

It’s true, young people don’t care about elections.  They don’t vote.  Even in this supercharged election cycle, young people don’t even know who the candidates are, when the elections are held and w...

In Nashville, a small but dedicated group of anti-war activists took to the streets in downtown's honky tonk district (and there was plenty of honking going on not related to the traditional count...

Ok, I know this isn’t a very feel-good topic, but my purpose is not simply pessimistic hand wringing.  By all objective measures, we have a big problem, and young people will both bear the largest bru...

Last May, I attended the Tennessee Green Party’s state nominating convention in Nashville.  At that time, the primary race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was still in full swing and there w...

In the second part of this story, two Iraq veterans from Tennessee discuss their frustration with the lack of coverage the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are getting. They are both members of Iraq Vetera...

I recently spoke with two young veterans from the Iraq war. In this piece, they discuss their disillusionment with the war and their reasons for becoming involved with Iraq Veterans Against the Wa...

Here we are just past Independence Day, a time to celebrate the founding of our country as a sovereign democratic nation.  In the spirit of celebrating patriotism and service to our countr...