Subject: Hurricanes and Cyclones

• An Open Letter to the People who Opened that Obama HQ Next to My Liquor Store

  September 22, 2008

• Why Zach Wamp Would Make a Very Scary Governor

  Sunday's Tennessean had an interesting story regarding Tennessee Republicans' defense of President Bush. Over the past few weeks, the White House has launched a major offensive to recast Bush as The President Who Didn't Suck As Bad As You May Think--no easy task when he owns the lowest favorability ratings since such things were recorded. You can't blame GOP acolytes for coming to the defense of their leading man. Though many suspect he could be the worst president in history, it's still poor fo

  December 8, 2008

• High Water Everywhere

  Hurricane Katrina blows away the past century in a remarkable new documentary

  September 25, 2008

• From the No Shit Files: Tests Near TVA Plant Indicate Bad Things

  Dead gar I found on the Gupton Farm, aka, Ground ZeroIn case common sense already told you that the water in and around Harriman is polluted, guess what? You're right. The results of tests conducted at the behest of United Mountain Defense and the Environmental Integrity Project have found that levels of arsenic and other toxins exceed regulatory limits in the waters near the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant fly ash spill. Guess that's what happens when you dump 1 billion gallons of toxic sludge into t

  February 3, 2009

• New Orleans Funk

  January 29, 2009

• Colour Me Bad

  October 30, 2008

• Franklin Jazz Festival

  August 28, 2008

• Immersion: A Katrina Room

  August 21, 2008

• Love Among the Ruins

  A New Orleans-turned-Nashville resident visits Katrinaville

  February 15, 2007

• Nashville Panhandlers Lead Nation in Katrina Stories

  Report says tales of woe started within hours

  September 22, 2005

• Addicted to hurricane coverage?

  Weather Channel 12-step groups grow

  September 16, 2004

• Say Grace

  There’s still no better face for country than Faith Hill

  July 27, 2006

• A Strange Wind Blows

  Forecast calls for wacko weatherman, Japanese Mafia and Hilary Duff

  November 3, 2005

• City of the Dead

  Dispatches from a New Orleans editor

  September 15, 2005

• Relief in Black and White

  Responding to a crisis that disproportionately affects the poor and black, Nashville learns on the fly

  September 15, 2005

• Website of the Week

  Another way to help Katrina victims, how to say thank-you, and a good reason to get naked

  September 8, 2005

• Dining Notes

  September 8, 2005

• Nashville Responds

  September 8, 2005

• Democrats Lash Out at Greedy Haslam

  Update: Bill Haslam defends himself, blames employees for "occasional issues" like price-gouging of consumers. "I'm proud to be a part of a Tennessee family business that employs almost 14,000 Americans in 40 states - over 1,800 of them in Tennessee. When you have that many employees, there are bound to be occasional issues. The company's commitment always has been to deal with those issues quickly and in the best interests of its customers. I'm sure that's what is happening this time." Dem

  April 16, 2009

• Jolly Rogue SneauxBalls Coming to East Nashville

  The Jolly Rogue New Orleans-style snowball stand opens Saturday, May 23. Longtime Nashvillian and New Orleans native Lizzie Stuhlreyer and her brother Philip Becker, who migrated here after Hurricane Katrina, will man the mobile cart parked next to I Dream of Weenie in the parking lot of Art and Invention Gallery. Jolly Rogue will serve 40 flavors of shaved ice, with varieties such as pomegranate, cantaloupe, coconut, pistachio, coffee, chai, praline and root boor. Snobals will range in price fr

  May 22, 2009

• Music, Fun for the Whole Family and Speech by Hate Monger at Next Tea Party Rally

  Tea Party Nation flierIf you're still feeling cranky, teabaggers (and you know you are) come back to Legislative Plaza Thursday for yet another tea party rally! That's right, we'll do it all over again in only 72 hours. This time it's Tea Party Nation throwing the rally, and it's scheduled to last four hours so there should be plenty of time to vent your hatred of--well, of course you hate everything. The "keynote speaker" is none other than the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, a talk radio darling fro

  June 29, 2009

• Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey add Southern charm to British pop

  July 9, 2009

• Update: Marsha 'Don't Cry Katrina' Blackburn Brings Belly Laughs to the Big Easy

  Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is earning a round of guffaws in New Orleans and around the country for her deep thoughts about how to handle a future Hurricane Katrina and other such non-emergencies. Comparing Blackburn to a mosquito in need of swatting, the Times-Picayune writes: Rep. Blackburn hoped lawmakers would agree "that we're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina, every time we have a tsunami, every time we have a need for extra spending." The appropriate reply cam

  July 23, 2009