Month: March 2018

This past Saturday was kind of wet and gloomy in Upper East Tennessee, but the peak days of spring are right around the corner. Soon our forests and neighborhoods will be awash with the beauty of dogwood and redbud blossoms. Sixty percent of all Americans believe that, in the long run, protecting the environment has … Read Article

On Saturday, young people from around the U.S. will participate in the March for Our Lives event. It is really great news that young people in our country are standing up and saying, “Listen to us.” Younger citizens have had much lower voting rates than other age groups in the past, and so career politicians … Read Article

Accountability—noun ac·count·abil·i·ty \ ə-ˌkau̇n-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē \ The quality or state of being accountable; especially: an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions Americans increasingly believe that elected officials need to improve their accountability to voters. I agree with these sentiments; we need more accountability in Congress. America was founded on principles … Read Article

This weekend campaign manager Clare Considine and I traveled to Nashville to interact with statewide Democratic leaders there. My wife Natalie also traveled with me and honed her campaigning skills. I learned a lot at the Bredesen for Senate campaign launch event. For example, the number of Republicans in Tennessee is about the same as … Read Article