Bob Arrington

When is a small boat safer than a big boat? When your big boat is sinking or on fire, and the small boat is your life raft. Recreational boaters too often head out in a mild state of denial that their outing could end in their need to be rescued. Day boaters on inland waters may get away with this, but boaters offshore should carefully think about what it would mean if they had to abandon their boat in an emergency.

Local issues are important, and several have cropped up over the last several weeks.

Over the Christmas break, I watched the second season of “The Gilded Age.”

Kingsport Mayor Pat Shull has proposed that the current two-year term for the office of mayor be changed to four years.

By Bob Arrington On Feb. 8, Kyle Rittenhouse will speak at East Tennessee State University.

By Bob Arrington Not many readers will recognize the quotation in the title of this column. It comes from the old radio and television show, “The Life of Riley.”

By Bob Arrington These days, it seems more and more that sporting news comes from inside a courtroom and not from a stadium or arena.

I noticed that in several of my columns recently, I’ve groused about certain people or institutions. Today I want to celebrate some positive developments.

They still make good television, sometimes. Two shows produced by Apple prove the point.

I’m tired of symbolic acts. I want you to concentrate on the nation’s business.