Previous City Voices Articles

We are heartened to see the emerging relationship between Fisk and Vanderbilt universities. More

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Now it's dementia. It turns out that the magic hormones that were supposed to stave off the effects of aging on women actually speed up the scariest part of growing old: the possibility of losing your senses. More

Disagreement with the world's environmentalist wackos doesn't mean that one is for dirty air and water. Dr. Richard Stroup, Montana State University professor of economics and senior associate of the Center for Free Market Environmentalism, explains commonsense approaches to environmental issues in his new book Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment. More

Reality took a backseat to political expediency Wednesday when the Davidson County Election Commission summarily dismissed the case of Councilman Ludye Wallace and where he lives. More

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The rumor mill is churning. With only a few weeks left in this Supreme Court term, now is the time for a justice who plans to retire to inform the president of his or her decision. The chances of a successor being confirmed decrease as an election nears; next year at this time, there would be almost no chance. More

Boyce Martin should be impeached. That's the only fitting response to the recent damning revelation that the chief judge of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals flouted court rules to ensure the court returned a ruling backing the University of Michigan in a case challenging its law school's race-conscious admissions policy. More

It may be time to admit we need a better plan for rebuilding post-war Iraq because we seem to have a tiger by the tail that is quickly getting out of control. More

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Well, I've finally figured out the sphinx that is Hillary Clinton. It took me years, but I think I've solved the mystery based upon the best available evidence: her own words. The final clue in my piecing together this fascinating puzzle was the senator's mention of a meeting with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. That's when it all crystallized for me. More

Who decides what's morally correct in this country today? It's not the pope or the president. Would you believe it's Wal-Mart? More

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What happens if the United States and France continue to give each other the economic and political cold shoulder? Probably not a whole heck of a lot in the long run. No one can eat