Today was the filing deadline for candidates intending to run for the Tennessee House and Senate in 2012. This has been a particularly brutal year in the Legislature given that GOP-dominated redistricting has focused on getting rid of as many Democrats as possible, and most particularly Democratic women. This, combined with a legislative agenda that [...]
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Here’s the story of a handsome hustler, Who was pimping out three very lovely girls. All of them had hair of gold, like their mommas, The youngest one in curls. Here’s the story, of a man named Brady, Who was busy with campaigns of his own. He was married, with a newborn family, Yet he [...]
At first we started out real cool,(cool) Writing some good laws i ain’t never seen But now your getting comfortable Ain’t telling that truth that you did no more Your slowly makin me read your print Your Bills they all are captioning And now you ask me for my vote (vote) Call me all day [...]
As I tend to warn people a lot: I was raised Mormon. You might not realize it, but Mormons have a dress code. It’s based on the standard of modesty set by wearing temple garments (those “magic Mormon underwear”), although pre-garment wearing youth are also encouraged to follow it as preparation for being endowed in [...]
I love mail. Real mail, that is, the type made out of paper and delivered to your box by a uniformed, oath-sworn mail carrier. Even before I could explain why I loved mail, I loved it so much that in elementary school I volunteered for the job of collecting it from our box and sorting [...]
The Rev. Steven S. Nelson seems to be under the misapprehension that the Metro non-discrimination ordinance dictates to private businesses what they can or cannot do. That’s not true. Private businesses in Tennessee will still be free to fire people for being homosexual or being suspected of being homosexual, according to the religious beliefs of [...]
Why would rape victims not want to pursue prosecution? As I once heard the Assistant DA explain to victim after victim, justice takes years, and often even the victims and prosecutors who do everything right don’t get justice at all. The investigation and trial will be consuming. You’ll have to give up work, you’ll have [...]
This is the first week of business in the 107th General Assembly of Tennessee, and I’ve been observing intently. Granted, there’s still time for the overall course to change (thankfully), but so far it’s looking like business as usual, which isn’t a good thing given their usual way of doing business (and the fact that [...]
This Forbes blog post brings up questions on the legitimacy of stigmatizing bigotry. Specifically, an NPR reporter made some comments in an interview with Stephen Colbert which indicates he shares an “all Muslims are terrorists” attitude with a significant number of other Americans. As a consequence, he lost his job. Conor Friedersdorf asks if this [...]
The recent iPad craze has reminded me of a life resolution I made a few years ago in the wake of some serious financial prioritization. To be frank, I’m good at throwing away money on things that don’t really matter. Part of the problem is I’m a geek. I can be hypnotized by the latest, [...]