The Case for Ring County Rights
Though their populations are stagnating, Tennessee’s Blue Dot cities have undue power over the entire state. It’s time to level that playing field.
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Blocking the Blox
🦩 Stopping the zoo data center won’t be cheap · Early voting partisan comparison · A look at the money flowing into Tennessee primary elections · Much more!
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The Great Mystery of Falling Crime Rates
🪄 And now for my next trick... Crime will vanish · Newsom comes to town · WeGo fixes food deserts · School choice poll results · Review of Materialists · Much more!
Review: Materialists (2025)
For the past two weeks, pundits and armchair politicos alike have struggled to explain Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in the New York Cit
Downsizing the Council
🏛️ Council shrinkage · The race for Rose's seat · New Chief of Staff · Nashville's Pyramid · Much more!
Major Lewis & Nashville’s Pyramid
A profile of one of Nashville's most impactful patriarchs
In Defense of Tourism and Tourists
🕶️ Tourism revenue rises · The Great Rezoning · New candidates in D7 · DEI shapeshifts · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (July 8th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
🐒 100th anniversary of Scopes Monkey Trial · TN-7 race opens up · Tried bullets strike · New BNA terminal · Much more!
The Devil Went Down To Dayton
The Tennessee town that played host to the Scopes Monkey Trial wants to tell its own story
Downtown expands
🌇 The Gulch wants to fold into the city's CBID · Updates on the airport authority · Visions of future Nashville · F1 review · Film rundown · Much more!
Review: F1 (2025)
If the first half of the summer movie season belonged to a plane-jumping Tom Cruise on the eighth leg of his impossible mission, the second
The Zone of Interest
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Trump nominates Tennesseans · AG takes over · Deportee of the day · Much more!
Living beyond the headlines
🤠 Dispatch from Story, Wyoming · Tomorrow's council meeting · New Laws · Governor on the road · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (July 1st)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Thinking about town
🎶 What is Nashville · Ogles vs. the World · TikToks new owners · Homeless relocated · Much more!