Category Archives: Tennessee

Marsha Blackburn Sponsors Anti-Family Legislation

Posted on February 21, 2009 by statesman

If you live in Marsha Blackburn’s district in Tennessee, please call her office through her congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask her to rescind H.R. 381 Continue reading →

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When Fertility Leads To A Dead Zone

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Statesman

For the last century, Americans have been stuck in a simplistic mechanical model of prosperity: The more we produce, the more prosperous we become. One of the most profound refutations of that model is the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, … Continue reading →

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Right Wing Economic Theory Leaves Tennessee In Poverty

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Statesman

Voters in Tennessee ought to have second thoughts about their support for the Republican presidential candidate in 2000 and 2004. Having a proponent of right wing economic policy in the White House hasn’t done much for the Tennessee economy. Tennessee’s … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Broils Under Climate Change

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Statesman

It’s a bitter irony this summer that many of the Republican politicians who have been the most stubborn opponents of the idea have come from the South and the Midwest, and those same regions have been hit this summer by … Continue reading →

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Steve Cohen The Only Tennessee Democrat With Integrity

Posted on August 6, 2007 by Statesman

There are many of the new congressional Democrats of 2006 who come out of this weekend’s vote on the gestapo-style Protect America Act looking quite tarnished, but I am happy to find one diamond in the rough. Steve Cohen is … Continue reading →

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