David Hunter: Make effort to think through prejudices
Bertrand Russell was a logician, philosopher, mathematician, historian and social critic. To my generation, he was more widely known as an anti-war activist and a campaigner against nuclear weapons.
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Blogs attract many types, even dunces
It seems no time at all since Jack Lail, the News Sentinel’s website guru, told me he would be running my column on the new online version of this paper. It made a difference because I began to receive...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Famous last words can be revealing
Let me begin this commentary with advance notice that I have no immediate plans to shuffle off this mortal coil, nor have I had a premonition of my impending departure. I ran across a self-written...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Lady turns to drama when Cheryl leaves
Last week, Lady, our German shepherd was very distraught. Cheryl, our daughter Elaine and Sydney, our granddaughter, went to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., on a girls’ trip.
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Cursive written out of school curriculum
Someone in a Facebook comment recently complained that most schools are no longer teaching cursive writing. I was not aware of it, so I did some research. I found dozens of articles on “The Death of...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Family grocery was one for the books
Lannings grocery store was on Johnston Street, a short distance from the intersection with Tennessee Avenue, around the corner from “The End of the Line,” so called because it was where electric...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Every employee is worthy of respect
In 1991, I was transferred to the section of the Knox County Sheriff’s Department (now the Sheriff’s Office) known as “general assignment.” I was not happy because general assignment meant just what it...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Seeking vengeance doesn't equal justice
Friedrich Nietzsche, in “Thus Spoke Zarathustra,” wrote about revenge and those who seek it “Mistrust all in whom the urge to punish is powerful.”
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Fantasy world full of conspiracy theories
The subjects that offended my sense of logic last week came either from a conspiracy theory or from otherwise intelligent people mistaking an armed militia for “peaceful assembly:”
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Death penalty mere revenge, not real justice
By now, you’ve probably heard about the botched execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Clayton Lockett, who finally died from a massive heart attack 43 minutes after receiving a lethal injection.
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Stop embarrassment via the voting booth
“Democrats bragging about the number of mandatory sign ups for Obamacare is like Germans bragging about the number of manditory [sic] sign ups for ‘train rides’ for Jews in the 40s.” — Stacey...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Bonds strong among retired police officers
Retired officers of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office gathered on May 3 for our annual firearms certification, followed by lunch. Once, retired officers were few — not surprising in a profession with a...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Rally was victim of extremist delusions
Col. Harry Riley, a retired U.S. Army officer, in an interview carried on an obscure website called “Before It’s News” on Jan. 24, had this to say:“We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Dogs have gone from property to friends
“Saving one dog will not make a lot of difference to the world, but for that one dog, it will change the world.”
View ArticleDavid Hunter: New fan raves about Jones' 'Old Friends'
Contrary to popular opinion, old dogs can learn new tricks, and old Beatles and Bob Dylan fans from the 1960s can learn to like new music.
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Army shouldn't have accepted Bergdahl
U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has become a symbol. What he symbolizes depends on who is expressing the opinion.
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Powerful depend on working class's labor
Proletariat comes from a Latin word that means “the lowest class” and refers to those who make a living strictly by selling their labor. The word acquired a nasty meaning because of its use in Marxism,...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: July 4 celebrates radical new creation
Several years ago around this time, I received a letter from an angry man who objected because I used the word “radicals” to refer to the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He wrote: “Everyone...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Democrat deserves votes of Republicans
It was a shock the first time I saw a young woman in a grocery store who could have been a double for an old girlfriend — then realized she probably hadn’t been born when I had dated the girl she...
View ArticleDavid Hunter: Pemberton ethical, honest candidate
If the political strength of a candidate can be measured by the amount of energy and resources spent in trying to deny that candidate a place on the ballot, then Mike Pemberton is definitely well...
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