Mask Mania in the Chamber
Here's my mask on a silver platter...
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A breezy evening in the chambers
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Clean audits · New FOP President · Eviction assistance softening · Repeat offender all-star · Much more!
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📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻‍🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. Monday, 5/19 🪕 Kyle Tuttle's Bluegrass Monday @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info 🎸 Timbo & Lonesome Country @ Jane's Hideaway,
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Filling in the Gaps
How one Tennessean is picking up where the government left off in Afghanistan
Bookfest!
Though likely buried by the news that Joe Biden’s executive orders turned V for Vendetta into a documentary last Thursday, Nashville’s arts
Restaurants Grasping at Straws
“We’re just trying to survive through the pandemic, give everyone who’s here jobs, and be here for the community,” said Nick, a restaurant m
Tell Them Phil Valentine Said, “Hey”
As legacy media revels in the COVID-related death of Nashville’s conservative talk-radio legend, we should remember his legacy of personal and governmental accountability.
Masked Dereliction
State Republican legislators are trying to shore up their base with special sessions and anti-mask stances; They willfully failed to prevent this debate four months ago.
Inflation is just getting started
Inflation is just getting started. At some point the Fed is going to have to slam on the brakes - not tap the brakes - slam on the brakes. A
America's Pastime Has a Moment
In an increasingly woke-ified world, America's pastime still has its moments
Total Recall
California’s September election offers a path forward from identity politics
Anthony Bourdain and Documentary Artifice
'Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain' stirred controversy for manufacturing voiceover of its late subject. Documentary film has more pressing issues.
Losing Christopher Hitchens
Journalism’s intellectual giant died ten years ago. Our civic discourse will never recover.
Entourage’s Last Stand
HBO’s former-zeitgeist show spent the last decade as a critical punchline; it’s time to acknowledge its enduring relevance.
On "Gun Violence"
And what it really means
The Evergreen Ills of American Politics
Eighty-two years after its release, Frank Capra’s 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' remains the most relevant film about America’s broken political system and the elites who exploit it.
Avuncular Tom
The mob turns on America’s Everyman