Until this week, I had lost faith in my home state of Tennessee to match Alabama and South Carolina in political absurdity. Sure, the TN-03 race could be a case study in the art of mudslinging and the gubernatorial race is heading toward a multi-generational blood feud, but it’s nothing compared to legendary YouTube ads [...]

My family originally hails from Louisiana, so growing up I was regaled with tales of Huey P. Long, who has now been immortalized in the novel and movie All the King’s Men. Imagine my surprise when The Daily Beast unveiled their most corrupt states in the nation. Louisiana wasn’t the worst. Nope, a state that [...]

Note: If you want to help Nashville, follow Nashvillest for the latest information. Also, Vince Gill and other musicians will host a live telethon tonight. People are starting to finally take notice that the flooding in Nashville is probably the most under-reported disaster in recent years. Today, Newsbusters, Hot Air and Michelle Malkin have posts [...]

As an ex-pat Tennessean, I’d feel bad if I didn’t post anything about the flooding going on in Nashville. The pictures, especially of downtown, are terrible, and it will take a while for the area to recover. For readers not familiar with the state, this primarily affected Middle Tennessee. East Tennessee, where I’m from, has [...]

Fans of Volunteer football can’t catch a break. The last five years or so have been rough. Under Fulmer, we couldn’t’ seem to win. Then Lane Kiffin took over. While we won a few football games, Kiffin proved to be a jerk. Look where that got us. I know this is idealistic, but good sportsmanship [...]

This week, we heard another story of stimulus fraud sending millions of dollars to nonexistent zip codes. Prior to that, Americans learned that funding was going to fake congressional districts. Then Senators McCain and Coburn’s released a report that highlighted 100 wasteful projects in the stimulus. I can’t be the only one outraged that digging [...]

The Red, White and Food team may have lost last spring, but they did make waves in Nashville. According to an email this morning, the General Assembly has established a committee to review the state’s liquor laws. They will have a public meeting this Wednesday, October 28 from 10 a.m. to noon in Room 16 [...]