By the Way: Pith in the Wind, Nashville Scene

Word Cloud of FBI Affidavit in Pilot Flying J Case

Jeff Woods — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:43:00 -0500

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Scenes from the Session: Tinfoil Hat in a Mop Sink

Jeff Woods — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:21:00 -0500

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The Gun Business Is Still Booming

Steven Hale — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:32:00 -0500

A little bit of chart porn from this week's issue of The City Paper — now on newsprint and in the blue…

The Iraq War, a Decade Later

Steven Hale — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:28:00 -0500

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the start of The Iraq War. The prolonged debacle was premised on the idea that Saddam Hussein was…

One Last Ed Koch Memory for the Road

Bruce Dobie — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:48:00 -0600

It was the fall of 1982, and I was a journalism school student in New York City. One morning every week I would show up…

2012 Extreme Weather: Over 100 Broken Records in Tennessee

Steve Haruch — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:42:12 -0600

The Natural Resources Defense Council has posted an interactive map of 2012's weather extremes, and the data is scary:

Climate change increases the risk…
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UT-K Shows Its Ass

Steven Hale — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:10:21 -0500

Monday was quite a day on Rocky Top.

At 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the Knoxville News-Sentinel reported that campus chancellors had told faculty in…

Will Video Drones Patrol Our Skies and Surveil the Citizenry in Unprecedented Ways? Maybe.

Steve Haruch — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:15:21 -0500

In this week's Scene: our annual Innovations Issue, highlighting advanced technology, heightened creativity and all-around smart thinking on the part of Nashvillians of all…

The New York Times on HCA: Putting Profits Before Patients

Jonathan Meador — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:01:32 -0500

We'd be remiss if we didn't highlight The New York Times' damning expose of unnecessary and dangerous medical practices coming out of Nashville-based Hospital…

Climate Change Is Totally Ruining Your 4th of July

Jonathan Meador — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:04:20 -0500

Unless God, Allah, Yahweh and/or Xenu hate fireworks (and, by extension, America), what are we to make of Metro Nashville Police's zero-tolerance policy regarding illegal…

Quote of the Day: Bucking Convention (Centers)

Steve Haruch — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:28:55 -0500

"So many were saying, 'All you have to do is get one percent of the national market and you'll do just fine.' ... Three hundred…

Atlas Mugged

Jonathan Meador — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:51:57 -0600

Today, Wikileaks has released its latest document dump, "The Global Intelligence Files," which includes millions of emails between Texas-based private security firm Stratfor…

Thirty-Five Percent of Nashvillians Live Alone?

Steve Haruch — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:18:42 -0600

Over at The Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan posted this map of housing solitude in the U.S., showing that urban areas (at least according…

Stacey Campfield Denied Service at Knoxville Restaurant

Jonathan Meador — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:31:07 -0600

Factually challenged Tennessee state Sen. Stacey Campfield had plenty to think about (and on an empty stomach, too) when he was denied service at…

Chilhowee Mountain Makes SELC's Most Endangered Places List

Jonathan Meador — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:07:21 -0600

The Southern Environmental Law Center has named East Tennessee's Chilhowee Mountain to its 4th annual Top 10 Endangered Places for 2012.

According to the…

Pith Parade: The Most-Viewed Posts of 2011

Steve Haruch — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:02:42 -0600

Perhaps not surprisingly, Occupy Nashville-related posts dominated the year's most-viewed posts. Call them the 60 Percent.

I'd have to dig through the data, but…

Holiday Karma Boost: Thistle Farms Needs You!

Jonathan Meador — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:58:16 -0600

For those of you trying to conduct your holiday shopping without selling too much of your soul (and income) to big box retailers in the…

Rev. Becca Stevens of Magdalene and Thistle Farms Named a 'Champion of Change' by the White House

Steve Haruch — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:53:00 -0500

Rev. Becca Stevens, who founded the Magdalene program for survivors of addiction, abuse and prostitution, and later its enterprise project Thistle Farms,…

Quote of the Day: The Fabulous Baker Boys Give Metro the Bird

Steve Haruch — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:33:38 -0500

"The caption would be, ‘Notice has been delivered, and receipt of said notice has been acknowledged.’ ”

—Metro codes director Terry Cobb, referring to…

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Taylor Swift Loves Fall, and So Are You: 2011 Fall Guide Is Here

Steve Haruch — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:23:40 -0500

Well, the weather cooperated and got all blustery-cool to welcome the Scene's annual Fall Guide to the racks. (Yes, it'll probably be 80 again…
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On Eve of New Climate Presentation, Gore Relishes Republican Rancor

Jonathan Meador — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:58 -0500

Al Gore just told NPR's Talk of the Nation that he's a masochist.

"There's a long tradition of people who don't like…
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Adam Dread's Mystery Client Wants Kim Kardashian Sex Tape

Ashley Spurgeon — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:16:36 -0500

You may not remember, but noted Armenian Kim Kardashian first became famous by doing sex with Moesha’s li'l brother and showing it to folks on…
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Ongoing Camden Landfill Battle Brings Out BURNT's Wood

Alex Becker — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:27:44 -0500

It was almost two weeks ago now that Benton County residents in Camden, Tenn., gathered in protest of a five-acre hazardous landfill operated by…
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Civil War Tourism: Come to Commemorate the Bloodshed, Stay for the Ample Parking and Picnic Grounds

Jonathan Meador — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 06:47:39 -0500

All right, so it's a little verbose for a Chamber of Commerce-approved slogan. But come on: In these economically recessed times, can you think of…
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Camden, Tenn., Residents Speak out Against Landfill They Say Is Making Them Sick

Alex Becker — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:04:00 -0500

Tuesday evening in Camden, Tenn., more than 150 community members arrived for a public hearing in the Benton County Courthouse to express their anger at…
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