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.
Today's Newsletter
The Great Mystery of Falling Crime Rates
🪄 And now for my next trick... Crime will vanish · Newsom comes to town · WeGo fixes food deserts · School choice poll results · Review of Materialists · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
📅 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, 7/7 🪕 Kyle Tuttle's Bluegrass Monday @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, Info 🎸 Timbo & Lonesome Country @ Jane's Hideaway,
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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
The Man Who Sued the World
...and lived to tell the tale.
Tenured Negligence
Despite its wider reputation, tenure is vital to preserving the republic and fostering productive discourse; American academia hasn’t proved it’s earned it.
Critical Race Theory for Dummies
A primer for the uninitiated
Osteocalcin
That Feeling In Your Bones Is Not Just in Your Head
Burt Reynolds’ Southern Vision
How a Legend Chronicled the Region’s Potential