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A Newer Deal for Tennessee (As the Empire Collapses) (opens the original)
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When I was a kid, I was quixotically obsessed with Atlantis and the idea that a whole civilization might be sitting under the water somewhere waiting for the right eleven year old to find it. My mom instilled a love of other worlds, cultures, intensified by a monthly National Geographic subscription and antiquing addiction; so imagine my surprise, while tubing on Lake Loudon behind my Dad’s 1995 Stratos bass boat, metallic blue glitter and all, to look over my shoulder and see the tops of submer
Should We Preserve the Fairgrounds Speedway Like the Ryman Auditorium? (opens the original)
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My first time at the Ryman was in 2001 or 2002. I can’t remember because what is time these days. Despite what Fox News talking heads parroted last year, I grew up blaring Patsy Cline and Hank Williams in our silver Nissan Altima, and some winter evening, the Behn family found ourselves huddled in the pews of the Mother Church when a toasted blonde gentleman walked on stage with a camcorder. In an Australian accent, he sputters, “Hey Ma, look I’ve finally made it!” It was Keith Urban’s inaugural
With the End Times Coming, Who Needs State Government? (opens the original)
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“….it’s God’s will.”Stunned, my lips parted ways, and my audible gasp not only caught my attention but also that of those around me. Exiting the House Committee following the Special Disaster Relief committee hearing, I walked past the gaggle of local electeds from Upper Northeast Tennessee who had just testified to the destructive wrath of Hurricane Helene. It was the January 2025 Special Session, entering my second year as a legislator, and my brain hurt rationalizing these government official
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