by John D. Pierce | May 14, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce Vanderbilt University’s new non-discrimination policy for student organizations is stupid. A school of such intellectual prominence should be able to see more clearly. On the surface, a non-discrimination policy makes sense. It would be...
by John D. Pierce | May 9, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce A large portion of my life has been spent with conservative, churchgoing people. In fact, these are “my people” as we say. Blue-collar Baptist congregations are as familiar to me as hand-cranked ice cream and salted watermelon slices. I am...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 20, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce As a college student in the mid-1970s, I sold men’s clothing at Loveman’s — a department store in Chattanooga’s Eastgate Mall. Most of my colleagues were students at Tennessee Temple. I stood apart with hair dangling over the...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 11, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce Jury duty lasted less than two full days for me — but it seemed much longer. The attorney bringing the civil case did not share my commitment (as a writer and public speaker) to the economy of words. There’s a saying about preachers that if...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 28, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce Every year at about this time I get reacquainted with my pressure washer. Together we blast away the dirt, mildew and other unwanted stuff that has built up from months of changing weather conditions. I call this annual ritual “grime time”...
