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Review: Borderlands (2024)
After dwelling on the fringes of Hollywood’s illegitimate genres for nearly two decades, Eli Roth was ready to put his stamp on the summer b
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👩👩👧👦 What happened at the courthouse · The Footman's latest report · Ag Renaissance · Much more!
The Downtown Library Is Nice to the Homeless
🚍 Moving the homeless to temporary storage DNC via locals · New IDs · The week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (August 20th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
The Sounds of a City
🎶 What should play on the radio · Overdoses down · Men in women's sports · Project 2025 · Much more!
Porter Plays Golf Again
⛳️ Harpeth Hills golf course · Transgender sports ban · Language discrimination · TN for Trump · Much more!
Review: Harpeth Hills Golf Course
Porter plays a round at Nashville's premier public course
Transit Behind the Times
🚌 Ben Cunningham talks transit plan · ActBlue Fraud · Nashville Steam · Much more!
Choose How You Lose
Ben Cunningham of Tennessee Tax Revolt takes the transit referendum to task
Review: Kneecap (2024)
The unfortunate result of hip-hop’s pop-music domination is that its status as a revolutionary form has become flattened. It’s a globally po
Money for Nothing
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Book Review: Choctaw Confederates
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Our Unnecessary Transit Referendum
🚍 The Committee Against an Unfair Tax on what's wrong with the transit referendum · Violent crime · Distracted driving · Much more!
The Transit Referendum to Nowhere
The Committee Against an Unfair Tax talks to us about what's wrong with Mayor O'Connell's transit referendum
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