The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death.

Our state's strategy on methamphetamine, and any other issue, is going to be a moving target.

Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.

Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results.

Good access to a doctor and a drugstore when you first have a problem can avoid a lot of cost and heartache later.

It's not health care reform to dump more money into Medicaid.

If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.