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“Anything the mind can conceive is possible. Nothing is impossible. All you have to do is look within and you can realize your fondest dreams. I would like to wish each one of you all of life’s wonders and a joyful age of enlightenment.” – Closing line of “Doug Henning’s World of Magic” Television...
Since yesterday was 4/20, and apparently, no one here at STP caught that (myself included), I decided to help the whole 4/20 crowd out a little. But since the whole writing about pot thing is sooooo overdone, particularly this year, I decided to highlight the plight of the 4/20 generation by reminding everyone about...
And Liz Garrigan is right. Bloggers have been saying this for a couple of years. (Well, I said it in 2007. Self-link, bad form. I know, I know … but I have a point.) How can we reestablish industrial recruitment and maintain some semblance of economic development when we keep making bone-headed moves. Hospitality?...
House Democratic Leader Gary Odom has come to the defense of his Caucus Chair…and he’s come heavy. I believe that Chairman Turner’s comments were intentionally taken out of context for the purpose of political grandstanding. Chairman Turner stated his personal belief that there are some who oppose our President because of his race. I...
Tom Humphrey reports that the TRP Chair took umbrage at Mike Turner’s comments of yesterday, which we here appreciated: Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney released the following statement after it was reported that State House Democrat Caucus Chairman Mike Turner suggested during a press conference that race is playing a role in the...
What an eventful 24 hours it’s been. Yesterday some good friends got married, which was followed by some frivolity at the expense of our livers, with the musical stylings of Papa Top’s West Coast Turnaround carrying us forward into the wee hours of the afternoon. After which, we scattered, covered, smothered, and chunked our...
Genma has some analysis and words of advice about the mistakes that Tennessee has made regarding racial insensitivity lately and gives a lesson. Now that our state and the city of Nashville is on every “don’t visit” website, how are we going to continue to sell the tourism angle as a meal ticket when...