Author: Jack Lail

  • The Tennessee Three: Petty, partisan and profoundly racist saga

    The Tennessee Three: Petty, partisan and profoundly racist saga

    The question I have is was it after the fourth or fifth round at the Good Ole’ Boys Bar did it begin to sound like a good idea to bring expulsion resolutions against two young black Democratic lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and one of the few women in the Legislature, Democrat Gloria Johnson.…

  • Emerald ash borer making ash trees a memory

    Emerald ash borer making ash trees a memory

    I have firsthand experience at how devastating an invasive insect called the emerald ash borer can be. Small it may be; inconsequential it is not. If you don’t have ash trees, who some say are headed to “functional extinction” because of the emerald ash borer, you might not know the extent of the problem. A…

  • Ditching the file cabinet in 2023

    Ditching the file cabinet in 2023

    I’m going paperless with all those pieces of paper in file folders. It’s time to manage digitally the documents, invoices, statements, etc. that I get. It may take awhile, but I’ll get to an organized database of PDF files largely replacing files in folders in a file cabinet. I’ve been scanning paper documents out of…