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Book Review: David Mamet's Everywhere an Oink Oink
Known for pioneering a clipped and circular style of tense workplace conversations in plays like Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow, Dav
Playin' Ball
🏀 The WNBA in Nashville · Kelsey pardoned · Rock departure for General Hospital CEO · Illegal of the week · Much more!
Build it, and they might come
🌇 American favela · Subsidizing affordability · WeGo WeGoes · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (March 11th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Words Have Meaning
🗣️ Blah, blah, blah · Freddie vs. DOGE · Fairgrounds speedway · Repeat offender of the week · Much more!
The Endurance of the Smoky Mountains
🐻 Gatlinburg Nation · Taxes for trip · Diversity our strength · Film Rundown · Much more!
Gatlinburg Nation
How the Smoky Mountain tourist town embodies America’s political realignment.
Confused by the screens
📺 The medium is the message · Traffic calming · Fruitless pushback · Illegal of the week · The Monkey · Much more!
Review: The Monkey (2025)
“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” So goes the Imposition of Ashes that marked the less-evangelical devout yesterday. Bu
What's past is prologue
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Right to have rights · Deportations · Much more!
The Stage is Set
🗺️ TN gears up for immigration challenges · Council meeting · Oscars · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (March 4th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Headline Hijinx
🗞️ Funny papers make news · NEST meetings · DOGE victims · Disaster relief · Much more!
Best Movies from Last Year
🎥 Our own private Oscars · Butterfield · Transit security · Rose for guv · Much more!