It is an honor and privilege to serve as the 128th president of the Tennessee Bar Association. The presidents who have come before have established rich traditions and proud legacies for our association. In fact, our theme for this year will be "Leave a Proud, Enduring Legacy" " as individual lawyers and as an association. One of the most famous legacies...

Tennessee Justice Center honors mothers
Michele Johnson, managing attorney of the Tennessee Justice Center, presented a family portrait to Judy Eaves of Chattanooga, one of five mothers honored by the center as "Mother of the Year." Each woman is mother to a child who is sick or disabled. They were...

My first car was a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle. It was a tiny little thing. You didn't get in it, you put it on.

I loved my "bug" for two reasons. First, when I was in high school and managed to get a date, I would always take her to a movie at the Highway 51 Drive-in. My Beetle was so tiny that my date had no alternative but to snuggle right next to...

By Tim Weiner | Doubleday Publishing | $27.95 | 448 pages | 2007

Reviewed by Gary C. Shockley

In his exhaustive history of the Central Intelligence Agency, New York Times intelligence reporter and Pulitzer prize-winner Tim Weiner contends that the CIA has failed throughout its 60-year history in its core mission to protect against another...

"Why a Mac?" or "Why a PC?" Ask the question either way, and there's a lot of craziness to wade through. But I think your own answer is to be found by working through some pretty clear decision points. In this article I hope to list the major positive points for each platform and add a few more thoughts that might help you put your own version of this...