Dee Davis
6 posts
After the Deluge: Remembering the Stories the Flood Could Not Wash Away
The Buffalo Creek Flood killed 125 and scoured away the homes of more than 4,000. The 50th anniversary…
March 17, 2022
Palmer’s House of Toys
Kids have their own way of judging what’s real, and it’s not necessarily based on the cost of…
December 25, 2019
In a Desert, Any Oasis Will Do
Rural “news deserts” are anything but arid. But the steady stream of information that flows into rural America…
April 17, 2019
Speak Your Piece: Father’s Days
I met Rick Bragg once. I’d spoken in a basement at a conference at East Tennessee State where…
June 17, 2018
‘We Hope For Something Better, We Accept What We Get’
The governor of Kentucky says the Marshall County High School shooting offers a chance for the state to…
February 5, 2018
Send Syrian refugees to rural America
Rural America is falling further behind. Farms don’t need farmers. Manufacturing moved offshore. And the rate of rural…
February 1, 2017