The De-Southernification of Cracker Barrel
🥞 Uncle Hershel's Shell Game · How the mayor controlled transit conversation · Analyzing D7 · Much more!
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A Ministerial Task
🏎 Referendum language to ban racing clears hurdle · Armed man fatally shot by security outside Nashville federal courthouse · TN DACA recipients report driver's license renewal denials · Much more!
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Uncle Herschel’s Shell Game
Cracker Barrel was the South. Now it’s just another victim of the coastal expert class.
Missing the Missing Middle
🏚️ Council whiffing on housing · Kimbrough employs mafia tactics · Mayor buries Boring · Cracker Barrel changes course · Week in culture · Much more!
The Week in Culture (August 28th)
### Watch Hot Ticket: Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky returns after the Oscar-winning The Whale with an adaptation of the acerbic Charlie
An Authority with Authority
💸 Bob Mendes' pricey "seat at the table" · Election update · General Robertson's founding of Nashville · Illegal offender of the day · Much more!
The Advanced Guard of Civilization
General Robertson and the founding of Nashville
Next Level Nashville
⚡️ The world's first energy cafe · WeGo vs. Walk Bike Nashville · Repeat offender all-star · Missionary Zeal · Much more!
Missionary Zeal
An Interview with Shaman director Antonio Negret
Nashville's violent crime rate is still too high
🚨 Music City near the top in terms of crime · Is NASCAR coming to town · ICE picks up Garcia Dispatch from the statesmen's dinner · Much more!
Nashville's Premier Cooling Shelter
📚 The downtown library is still closed · National Guard Assisting ICE · Abrego Garcia Update · Travel Baseball Index · The Frist goes Mediterranean · Much more!
The Travel Baseball Index
Porter concocts a new way to measure which American states are the most affluent
The Frist Goes Mediterranean
The last days of Venice and The Ottoman Empire in the heart of Music City
A Crack in the Barrel
🥞 Cracker Barrel's big rebrand · Courtroom activism backfires · Optics of Privilege · Voucher update · Week in culture · Much more!
The Week in Culture (August 21st)
### Watch Hot Ticket: Eden Ron Howard delves into thriller territory with this pre-WWII parable about a group of expats who find their jung
Tuesday Night Smackdown
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Has Woke peaked · Cracking down on panhandling · McKay's Knoxville has union vibes · Much more!