More than a century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt paid a visit to Nashville that is best remembered for a cup of coffee he drank and something people think he said, but probably didn’t say.

Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero sagely observed, “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

Iran seemed to intentionally avoid killing Americans in their recent airstrike against our American military base in Iraq.

My fifth-grade son complains about long trips in our SUV. He gets bored and says he has nothing to do.

As soon as the impeachment vote in the U.S. House of Representative became official, I wondered what President Donald Trump would do in order to take the focus from him becoming only the third president ever to be impeached.

Look, there is a lot of speculation about the upcoming county mayor’s race.

Almost every week, I put “handle desk” on my daily “to do” list, and every week, it needs to be there, because I ignore it until I can’t find a thing.

While I’m surely not be the first, let me be among the many to wish you a happy new year from the University of Tennessee.

So, did you make your New Year’s resolutions?

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people” — U.S. Constitution’s 10th Amendment.

CONTINUED FROM last week.

I have filed House Bill 1585, which requires a defendant convicted of a sexual assault against a child under the age of 13 to undergo chemical castration as a condition of parole.

Every county has a town where its courthouse is located and its government is administered.

Whoever said “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail,” knew this moment would come when we’d have to have a serious discussion about 2020.

Great, first week into 2020 and President Donald Trump does something nuts.

The ball drops. The lights flash. The fireworks explode. “Auld Lang Syne” plays.

The other day, I heard a panel discuss how to solve the aging problem.

On Sept. 26, President Donald Trump signed the “Executive Order on Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement” (www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions) that stated the following:

On Dec. 12, Tony Kendall wrote about his unparalleled happiness over the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

My, how time flies when you’re having fun! It took a minute, but I finally realized time flies even if you’re not having fun.

When did people begin to host New Year parties?

Impeachment, impeachment, impeachment. “Trump has been impeached,” shout the news media.

I’ve filed House Joint Resolution 657, calling for the Tennessee Attorney General to be an elected instead of an appointed position.

The sixth Democratic Presidential Primary Debate last week was the least watched so far.

The history of Christmas is a fascinating study. The Christmas tradition is celebrated differently throughout the world.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial was written by the late C.P.J. Mooney for the Memphis Commercial Appeal on Dec. 12, 1912. Following our custom of many years we again reprint this famous editorial, written by a famous Southern editor.

You know how some people just lose it some of the time on the old social media? Why can’t they keep it together? Why can’t they have patience? Why can’t they just ignore them? What morons.

Do people today really have shorter attention spans?

I recently had the opportunity to join a group of talented faculty, administrators, alumni and key stakeholders of the University of Tennessee traveling to Israel.

Mabel Adams was sitting in the day room at the Rest of Your Life retirement home when the children came in.