Greg Cravens About Toby Sells’ story, “Lawmakers Consider Bills on Bikes, Historical Markers, and Skunks” … Translation: “No Gas Tax for Bike Lanes,” written and paid for by the Koch Brothers’ Banana Brand Banana Republics. Where the Bananas Don’t Grow on Trees; They Legislate™. “No Removal of Historical Markers,” doesn’t apply to the Nathan Bedford […]
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Race
Jesse Owens story comes alive in this entertaining, but uneven, biopic
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Quagmires in Syria and Nashville
Action in the Tennessee legislature this week to force litigation against resettlement in Tennessee of refugees from the currently raging civil war in Syria occurs at the precise moment that two old foes — the United States and Russia — have joined in a plan to implement a cease-fire in Syria, one which, if successful, […]
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What They Said…
Greg Cravens About Jackson Baker’s post, “Local Reactions to Passing of Justice Antonin Scalia” … Justice Scalia was not allowed to rest in peace before Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio made statements that the next president should name his replacement. Mitch McConnell said that the nomination should be delayed until after the next presidential election […]
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A Body-Cam Replay
As we know all too well, it isn’t just in other cities — Baltimore, Ferguson, Milwaukee — or in the scenarios of a proliferating number of TV cop shows, that the issue of police/community relations is on the front burner (in every sense of that metaphor). Memphis has had the sad experience, within the last […]
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What They Said…
Bill Clinton in Memphis, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton’s logo, Mardi Gras restaurant in Memphis
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Greg Cravens About the Flyer post, “Venerable Sportscaster Jack Eaton Dies” … I have no idea how many hours of Jack Eaton’s voice I heard over the years. Rest in peace, Jack. You made a lot of people happy. And what better monument to a life is there than that? OakTree What a wonderful person. […]
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America’s Messy Democracy
So what are we watching? Just what is the point of these extended quadrennial primary rituals, lasting for a year or more, that lead up to the selection of a national leader? Questions like these are often raised in a presidential election year, usually by people who maintain that all the fuss and bother are […]
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Haslam’s Modest Brag-Bag
Given the fact that, even in Nashville, people were preoccupied on Monday with the forthcoming caucus results in Iowa, Governor Bill Haslam’s State of the State address garnered somewhat less traction than it normally Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam would. Not that his address wasn’t well received. The governor’s brag-bag of boasts and proposals was like a decently […]
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Greg Cravens About Richard Cohen’s Viewpoint column, “Time to Get Real” … Bernie Sanders is a charmer, but when you come down to reality, there’s only Hillary and her “plans” who can take on the GOP. The Republicans would picture Bernie with images from the Soviet Union so fast your head would spin. Cohen says […]
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Greg Cravens About some strange new reality show … Yesterday I switched on the television during lunch and caught what appears to be a new reality show. The actors include some guy from an earlier reality show who played an angry boss with funny hair who was always firing people. The other key actor is […]