Opinion

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer I had a column all ready to go for this week, but right before deadline, I was sent something that really struck me, and I thought…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer On an otherwise average day in the third grade, our teacher, Mrs. Karen, directed our attention towards the front of the classroom with a book that…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer While most find themselves in the grocery store standing wide-eyed experiencing palpitations at the price of a bag of Doritos or waxing poetic to whoever will…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer You probably wouldn’t be able to tell it just by looking at me now, but there was a time in my life where I fell into…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer August 10, 1993 was a historic day. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer Sequels are a hit or miss. There are some that I’ve seen in my life that really do justice to the original films and add meaningful…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer Sometimes I have ideas in life that don’t turn out to be the greatest. I’m not too proud to admit that. Sometimes, though, those eventual bad…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer If you regularly read my weekly column, first off, I’d like to say I appreciate your (hopefully) appreciation of my work, but secondly, you’ve seen me…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer Dipping my toe into the murky pool of political discourse is not an activity that I enjoy participating in. I much prefer to stick with much…

MATTHEW BURNETTE Staff Writer It’s that time of year in Tennessee that a lot of folks dread. The sun is showing out and making itself known. The humidity is high,…