oh yeah, that place where the hurricane hit, or the house of the setting sun

This story made me realize that I continue to forget about the plight of our ‘brothers and sisters’ down in New Orleans. The story details that NOLA officials are begging for teachers to find their inner Peace Corp spirit and come on down to the bayou to teach in a city with a severe [...]

Quack, quack..born to be wilder

Tennessean columnist and bloggist, Gail Kerr tells a great story about our now former Lt. Gov. John Wilder circa 1991 or 1992.
I was assigned to cover the state Senate for The Tennessean. The leaders of the house and senate made a rather vague and loosey goosey attempt to clean up some of the [...]

what, whale meat again?, or, WARNING

4th floor men’s room, north end of Cordell Hull Building, ventilation.not.working., for the love of all that is edible, please send oxygen.
thank you for your time and attention

Finally, ‘If he does not, we will be showing him the way…’

Usually the Democratic response to the State of the Union affair has been as tepid and bland as Aunt Minnie’s tea. Normally, after watching the ‘response’ speech, I angrily stomp off, thinking - no wonder we’re the minority party…who’d rally behind THAT?
Last night was different. Newly elected Virginia Senator James Webb confidently offered [...]