Anatomy of a Protest
What a caravan of tractors and the heirs to Ross Perot tell us about Middle Tennessee’s relationship to its past.
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A Ministerial Task
🏎 Referendum language to ban racing clears hurdle · Armed man fatally shot by security outside Nashville federal courthouse · TN DACA recipients report driver's license renewal denials · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying the wonderful fall weather we've been having lately. Tonight— The Pamphleteer, in collaboration with Meriwether Academy, presents the second night of The Nashville Antichrist Lectures with Peter Thiel. On Tuesday, Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers are
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Is it campaign season yet?
🗳️ It's quiet, too quiet · TNGOP Summer picnic · Council vs. Legal · Edgehill development · Much more!
The Potential of Nashville's Mad Max Future
🏁 Nashville, The Bikeriders and the new Mad Max · Clash over peace resolution · Students beating teachers · Non-stop Pride · Much more!
Journeys to the Wasteland
The Bikeriders and Furiosa chart the enduring appeal of the open road.
The Future of Cracker Barrel
🍳 What's driving change at Cracker Barrel · Shrinking council · Taser debate · Review of Coma · Much more!
The Transformation of Cracker Barrel
From the inside out, the Lebanon-based chain has quietly shifted its priorities away from its core customers
Review: Coma (2022)
The most disheartening aspect of life in Pandemica was the unified compliance of the arts community–-Rage Against the Machine requiring fans
Metro balances the books
💸 The council balances the budget · Where journalists have no names · New restaurants and developments · Much more!
Mega Council Meeting
🚙 Who steals the guns from the cars · Mega Council meeting · Hearing for what · This week in streaming · Much more!
New Leadership on the Pitch?
🥅 NSC reveals a new coaching candidate · Tax for buses · Campaign season lite · Much more!
The Ragged Old Flag
🇺🇸 Flag day salutations · Rural trad trauma · Arts audit · Leaks and more leaks · Low battery · Film rundown · Much more!
The Strangers: Chapter 1’s Rural Trad Trauma
The much-maligned reboot is the ultimate treatise on the vapidity of coastal elites and family-values fetishists.
Book Review: In My Time of Dying
Over the past four decades, journalist Sebastian Junger has routinely cheated death in warzones and fiefdoms in Afghanistan and Nigeria. His
Nashville's Most Pristine Parks
🏞️ The city's most untouched parks · Metro's budget · Blasting zone ahead · Book review · Much more!
You can't do that here
⛳️ Jody Barrett on red flag laws · NAACP takes a stand · Loose lips sink ships · Much more!