Gatlinburg Nation
How the Smoky Mountain tourist town embodies America’s political realignment.
Today's Newsletter
Where the Sidewalks End
🚧 Half a cent, half a sidewalk?· $16M Metro trash truck deal under fire · Dolly flies high · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
Good morning everyone! AMERICANAFEST will be taking over Nashville from Tuesday through Saturday this week. I've listed some recommendations for each day of the festival below, including several FREE events! Also, I listened to every band playing and collected some of the best acts onto one handy AMERICANAFEST
Council Watch >>
💰 Follow the money. See who's funding your councilmember.
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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!
The Pamphleteer’s Top Ten Films of 2024
Our picks for the best movies of the year on the eve of the Oscars
Watching the Watchmen
🏛️ Historic zoning bills collide · Wired up · Charter school revival · Book of Elsewhere · Much more!
Book Review: Keanu Reeves and China Miéville’s The Book of Elsewhere
Though John Wick may have returned Keanu Reeves to the A-list, he has always done what he wants on his own terms, stretching his acting abil
Building Resilient Food Systems
🥬 Local food for locals · Nashville Exec heads up DOGE · Faux-zempic · Much more!
What Tennessee Gets Wrong About Food and Farms
Elizabeth Murphy of Nashville Grown talks about the need for a robust regional food system in the Volunteer State
The Nine Lives of Cars
🚗 Don't we love our cars · State budget deep dive · Blackburn wants the black book · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (February 25th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.