Political Cartoon



Raising the tax on poorest



Add this to the growing file folder that can be labeled “Depressing but not Surprising”: The only thing today’s Republican Party knows how to do is cut taxes for the very rich. It’s depressing because the GOP has abandoned roles it once played in our public life: pioneering programs aimed at assisting Americans of modest means in lifting themselves up; […]

This plan won’t happen



Nice try, Republicans. You’d like to end the federal deduction for state and local taxes. That would stick the expensive-to-livein blue states with more of the nation’s bills. It would amount to taxing income that has already gone to taxes. Not gonna happen. Not gonna happen because of politics. But let’s not ignore your honking hypocrisy. You talk a big […]

Is our press free?



Since Donald Trump began his campaign for the presidency, I have been concerned about his bullying attitude toward the press, his continual denigration of the press as being “fake news,” and his continuing attempt to get the public to mistrust a free press. Combine Trump’s actions with Russia’s attempt to manipulate public opinion through a disinformation campaign during the last […]

The Way We Were



Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907 Thursday, October 6, 1927 A Tennessee man arrived in Whitesburg this morning to claim the body of his 17-year-old son who had disappeared from their home in Elizabethton recently. The badly decomposed body of Taft Haden was found Monday afternoon by two Whitesburg men — Lewis Ammerman and Kelly […]

Nows Heres a Tip



• Use Lego people to hold your charging cables when not in use. Their hands are the perfect size to hold cords, and you can stick the figures to a small Lego base that’s secured to whatever is convenient — a table edge, your night stand or even the wall itself — with some double-faced tape. • “New shoes too […]

SPEAKING OF SOAPS



THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL — Quinn returned to work at Forrester Creations hoping to have all of her problems with Sheila very far behind her. Sheila found herself a job at Il Giardino so that she could remain in Los Angeles and keep her eye on her beloved Eric. Needing some extra assistance taking care of the day-to-day duties […]

My ‘world premiere’ at the Pine Mountain’s 100th Sharp Celebration



One hundred years ago American doughboy soldiers were crossing the Atlantic Ocean to help the British, French, and other Allies defeat the Germans and other central powers in World War I. In that same year — 1917 — Cecil Sharp, the greatest English folk song collector, crossed the Atlantic the other way to collect about 1,000 Appalachian versions of ballads […]

Roots Projects finale a success



Go to our Facebook page for announcements and pictures posted after each event, www.facebook.com/ pages/Hemphill-Community Center. The grand finale for the Back to Our Appalachian Roots Project was such a success. We had a great time with the gardener, the quilters, the food preservers, the knife maker, the woodworker, the open fire cookers, the shape note singers, and the butter […]

Rotary District Governor visits Whitesburg Rotary



The Rotary Club of Whitesburg was honored to have Cheryl Spriggs, 6740 District Governor for the 2017-2018 Rotary year, as guest speaker for the Sept. 26 meeting. District Governor Spriggs met with the Rotary Board of Directors prior to the meeting to discuss club service projects, fundraisers, membership, and Foundation/Polio Plus donations. She commended Rotary Club of Whitesburg President Darrell […]