March 30, 2022 | by Staff Report Bill Kristol, a neoconservative author, former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle and avid “Never Trumper,” will appear at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on June 13 as one of a half dozen “Conversations on Democracy” being organized by the Tennessee Democracy Forum. Each of the conversations – both livestreamed and in-person – will be an hour-long discussion of economic and political democracy focused on ongoing national and statewide issues. David Eichenthal, a former city chief financial officer under then-Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker, is hosting the discussions, which will be…

January 17, 2021 | by David Eichenthal For the last year, the inability to mount an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the worst public policy failure of my lifetime, needlessly costing the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and putting our economic security at risk. And, in the last two weeks, elected leaders have attacked our democracy’s core tenet – that free and fair elections are the basis for a peaceful transition in power. As a lawyer and having spent most of the last four decades working in and for government, I have always believed that public service…

By David Eichenthal | July 19, 2021 I ultimately decided against running for Congress in a red district. But my research found a way for Democrats to make inroads in such places. Political pundits seem united in their belief that Democrats will struggle to hold the House of Representatives in 2022.  The historical precedent that the party out of power in the White House always gains in the midterms and the likely impact of partisan and racial gerrymandering has fostered a consensus that Democrats will lose seats. They’re wrong. Democrats have the opportunity to widen the playing field in 2022 with the right candidates, a message…