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TBI Blasts Channel 4 Report on Disappearance of Holly Bobo

Steve Cavendish — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:00 -0500

Ahh, sweeps season, the time when breathless promos let you know what every TV station's investigative team has been working on for the past month.…

Kane for Senate? Kane for Senate

Steven Hale — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:42:00 -0500

Kane's 1997 debut

Watch that.

Now chew on this. The rumor mill is turning…

The Hippodrome: It's Designed To Break Your Heart

J.R. Lind — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:28:17 -0500

For the 74th consecutive week, The 'Drome is catfight-video-free ...

Opening Face-Off

NCAA vs AAA : Romanticizing sports is the sportswriter's great temptation —…

Cooper Doubts The Amp Will Get Federal Funding

Steven Hale — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:00 -0500

As Mayor Karl Dean prepares to throw open the doors to the Music City Center, some bad news for his proposed bus rapid transit…

Justice or Vandalism? You Make the Call

Bruce Barry — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:00 -0500

Knowing Pith readers to be cultured types who enjoy the cinematic and fine arts, we can't help but wonder how those who lurk and peruse…

Turns Out the Music City Center Will Not Create Jobs for Goats

Steven Hale — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:26:00 -0500

Over at WPLN, Blake Farmer has the disappointing news that the Music City Center's green roof — composed of 14 different types of…

Ron Ramsey, I Am Begging You — Please Debate Pro Wrestler Kane!

Betsy Phillips — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:45:00 -0500

Over at Post Politics, J.R. Lind has the press release that Glenn Jacobs — aka Kane, aka the man who helped The Rock and…

Two Years After the Fairgrounds Fight, Things Are Still ... Awkward

Steven Hale — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:39:00 -0500

In the cover story of this week's The City Paper, I tortured several metaphors attempting to illustrate the decidedly unsettled state of all things…

Kermit Gosnell Doesn't Prove Your Abortion Point. Yours Either.

Betsy Phillips — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:07:00 -0500

The trial and conviction of Kermit Gosnell does not prove that abortions should be illegal. After all, what Gosnell did was illegal and, [ Read more ]

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We Might Be Rednecks, Natalie Grigson Might Be a Dumbass

Betsy Phillips — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:57:00 -0500

Here's really all you need to know about Natalie Grigson's list of the 10 Most Redneck Cities in America over at the Movoto Blog…

Haslam Vetoes Ag Gag Bill

Steve Haruch — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:09:00 -0500

Update: Andrea Zelinski has more over at The City Paper, including Haslam's suggestion that many in the agricultural community feel "besieged" by urban thinking.

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Is Andy Holt Trying to Pass a Law to Protect Himself?

Betsy Phillips — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:15:01 -0500

No wonder State Rep. Andy "The Ag Gagger" Holt wants to make it harder for people to gather evidence of rule-breaking at Tennessee farms. In…

The Hippodrome: They Still Race Horses, Don't They?

J.R. Lind — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:10:00 -0500

This Week In The Drome: Hits, Hats and Sex Houses

Opening Face-Off

Ins vs Outs : In today's City Paper, the Weekly Obsession…

Who Needs Honesty? Not Middle Tennessee Boy Scouts

Betsy Phillips — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500

The Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America announced on Tuesday that it won't support a proposed policy change that would let gay…

Holleman, Yarbro Confirm Plans to Run for Henry's Senate Seat

Steven Hale — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:56:00 -0500

With Sen. Douglas Henry announcing that this state Senate term will be his last, the Democratic primary race to succeed him is already taking shape.…

We're Getting Recovery Courts!

Betsy Phillips — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:21:00 -0500

The Jackson Sun is reporting that Tennessee is getting nine recovery courts:

Recovery courts are specialized courts or court calendars that incorporate intensive judicial…
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Sen. Douglas Henry Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2014

Steven Hale — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:39:00 -0500

When you got sick of the speculation about the 2016 presidential race — which started up about 12 hours after President Barack Obama's re-election —…

Is There Really That Large a Market of Men Who Are Afraid They're Bad in Bed?

Betsy Phillips — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:54:25 -0500

When I saw the first story on Zombie Industries' bleeding ex-girlfriend target for shooting practice, I was, as most non-evil people would be, a…

Former SNL Cast Member Victoria Jackson Moves to Tennessee to Save America

Jack Silverman — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:12:33 -0500

Could this be a sign that anti-Muslim fear-mongering has jumped the shark? Wishful thinking, perhaps. But a guy can dream, right?

The…

A Huge Downside to Abstinence-Only Sex Education

Betsy Phillips — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:11:00 -0500

At the Christian Science Monitor, Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped and held captive for nine months when she was a teenager and who now…

Common Core: The Paranoid Right's Latest Existential Threat to the Republic

Bruce Barry — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:39:00 -0500

The Tennessean this morning devoted vast dead-tree real estate to the Common Core standards that are reshaping public school curricula in Tennessee and…

When the Old Opposition Party Can't Stop Opposing

Betsy Phillips — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:05:00 -0500

Over at The City Paper, Andrea Zelinski has an eyebrow-raising story about the seeming end of the Tennessee Republican Caucus.

The decision to…
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Albert Tieche on the Hot Seat at Election Commission

Steven Hale — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:46:00 -0500

Albert Tieche could be out of a job as soon as next week, according to ... Albert Tieche.

The Davidson County Administrator of Elections…

The Hippodrome: The Long Summer

J.R. Lind — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:43:06 -0500

This Week In The 'Drome, after a dreadful winter, we open the curtains and see the sunshine.

Opening Face-Off

Sit vs. Reach: The Titans…

Report: Al Jazeera America to Open Nashville Bureau

Steven Hale — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:03:00 -0500

Nashville will be home to one of 12 Al Jazeera America hubs across the country, according to a bureau list from the network, obtained…