Bill, as I wrote earlier Tim Chavez is/was one of the most honest reporters I personally worked with. When we were championing Charter Schools, I would say his influence in the media realm held the left at bay almost single-handedly.

He made those critics from the far side accountable for their own previous words. I cannot say enough about his influence. I did not know where he went or when he left, but Tim analyzes issues deeply. Tim will beat cancer, he has that spirit. He is always honest, even when we disagree. Having worked in many battles Bill, having an honest reporter is often the key. Thanks for sharing! JC Bowman

Not the way I remember it, Tim. I wouldn't have contacted your editor about it otherwise. If you're saying they changed your words, then be clear about it.

And by the way, I sympathize with your struggle, Tim. My father-in-law died of leukemia three weeks after diagnosis, when my husband was 16. One of my cousins is in remission now for decades. It can be done. Good luck.

Tim's treatment by the Tennessean is indicative of how intolerant liberals really are. He is right...he was and is no conservative, but because he dared to stray from liberal dogma, he was condemned by the agenda driven liberals who run that paper.

I had occassion when working to stop the state income tax to speak with the editorial page editor for the Tennessean at that time. She pointed out how much broader their editorial policy had become by mentioning that the "right wing Tim Chavez" was "allowed" to put his thoughts into the editorial section.

While I never really knew him personally, because of my political consulting activities at that time, I made a point of reading the Nashville branch of Pravda on a daily basis. I disagreed with Tim's views much of the time, but I could tell those views were heartfelt, honest, and without malice. That lack of malice is just not allowed among the liberal thought police.

I wish him well in his battle against cancer, and hope his reasonable voice will remain active for a long time.

I wondered what happened to Tim. I am glad to know where I can now find him. I respect his openess and he was brave to be pro life in a liberal place where they are so beholden to the abortion industry. It must have been terrible for him. I know that they gave him a hard time about his views on life.

I am not surprised by the treatment of the Tennessean. It is a paper that I have absolutely no respect for. Readership is down and the reason is obvious. They are agenda driven.

I agree with many of his views but not all. I wish him well in his battle with cancer and will pray for full recovery. I think Tim will do well without the Tennessean. The loss is theirs for sure.

I wish Mr. Chavez well on his health battles. Even if I didn't always agree with him, he certainly was perhaps the only voice of reason on the editorial pages at the Tennessean, a paper that has unfortunately set the bar for vicious, far-left, politically-correct partisan hatefulness that valued rhetoric over reason.