Review: Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven's latest finds him as provocative as ever
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This Balloon Runs on Hot Air and Higher Taxes
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · A new Metro office · Ban on transing kids · MNPD expands its slush fund · 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, 6/16 🪕 Kyle Tuttle's Bluegrass Monday @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info 🎸 Mt. Joy @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville,
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The Sanity of the South
In an era of unhinged rhetoric and destructive ideas, the history of the South offers perspective
The Final Word on Lockdowns
An epitaph for the failed social experiment of locking everyone down to slow the spread
How State Representative Jason Zachary Became a Leader in the Fight Against COVID Tyranny
In Knox County, Jason Zachary's actions paved the way for Tennessee's unique response to federal reoverreach
Tales From the ER #4
Freshly Baked Cookies
How to Politicize a Tornado
The tragic damage wrecked by this past weekend's tornadoes has quickly become politicized
What We Talk About When We Talk About Democracy
Attacks on Democracy look more and more like actual Democracy
The Great American Blood Shortage
Since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, America’s blood supply has taken a dramatic hit
Governing by the Numbers
For the Biden administration, good numbers are always better than bad numbers
Tennessee's Children Don't Need Protection from COVID-19
A response to The Tennessean's Brett Kelman and his plea to vaccinate more Tennessee children
Tales from the ER # 1
Los Paquetes
Tennessee's Covid Policy Labyrinth
Some help navigating Tennessee's new Covid policies
Just Another Government Shutdown
America's newest holiday tradition is flirting with the budget
Prep Your Perfect Holiday Bar Cart
It’s that time of year: family, friends, awkward conversations with Uncle Bob. Sometimes it’s the simple pleasures in life that get us throu
The Essential Thanksgiving Movie
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles has garnered a reputation as that John Candy/Steve Martin movie set during Thanksgiving; it’s time to see it as a big-hearted and insightful holiday masterpiece