Jimmy Carter: Do all the good you can

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Rob and Erin Frost and family slept in their car the night before they went to Sunday School at Maranatha Baptist Church. Seating was limited, and after driving all the …

Why do Republicans hate Nashville?

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One of the big story lines bubbling up from the 113th Tennessee General Assembly is the growing list of bills messing with Nashville. Laws have been proposed that will allow …

Goodbye to the wild Ginger Man

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This is Cumberland Avenue requiem week, so here’s another one. I wouldn’t dare try to follow Beth Kinnane’s excellent summation of the modern history of The Strip, so I’ve borrowed …

Déjà vu Thursday: UConn returns to TBA  

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Way back during the before times of women’s college basketball, the winner of the UConn/Tennessee regular season matchup became the odds-on favorite to win it all in March. It was …

Suffer the little children

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Overall, I had a pretty good Christmas. The cold snap was brutal, but family, friends, food, lights and music made the season better than tolerable, so I was lucky. Some …