Today's News

For months now the Leadership in the Congress and the Administration have been negotiating the amount of money that the federal government is allowed to borrow. Unfortunately, because of continued out-of-control spending, Congress was yet again asked to increase the debt ceiling – not to create new spending, but to pay for what Congress has already obligated.

     Last week saw some pretty outlandish outbursts from the left ranging from the highest levels, (Vice President Joe Biden) to the lowest (Rick Howell’s The Liberal Agenda).

    Uncle Joe called tea party backed Republicans “terrorists.” Biden made the remark in a closed door “Democratic” caucus meeting and later denied making it. However, according to Politico’s website, several sources who were present at the meeting stated that Biden indeed said it.

    Computer-based learning is where education is headed, according to Dr. Allison Powell, a representative of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning.

    “It isn’t just a trend or fad that is going to go away,” she said.

    Poplar Forest hosted its first “Dirty Dozen” run with 220 people turning out on a humid Saturday morning.

    The race took its name from a dozen obstacles on the three mile course that took runners through woods and fields over Thomas Jefferson’s land. The obstacles included a huge log to hurdle and a pair of round hay bales to climb over and a creek to cross.