Lowering Tennessee’s Infant Mortality Rate

Via Kleinheider, we learn that The Tennessean had a big report about Tennessee’s infant mortality rate back in December.  I am of many minds about the report.  I think you should read and watch and listen to it, though.  (And note that no one seems to be singling out drug or alcohol use as a [...]

Disturbing Things I’ve Learned Between Lunch and Now

1.  There really is/was a supersecret feminist email list!  Let me just state publicly that, if you were on that list, and I come to know it, you’re going to have to assume it will be very hard for me to take anything you have to say about feminism seriously ever again.  Your credibility is [...]

Now I Want to Curl Against Pinky’s Butt!

Newscoma’s got more puppy pictures.

An Open Note to My Dad

Dear Dad, I love, love, love that you’ve been now driving around imagining what words we’d have to get rid of if we took this English-only stuff to its natural conclusion.  That tickles me so much.  So, I have not forgotten your wondering about the word “rent” and, yes, it appears it would have to [...]

The “Sex” Card

If Campfield is in possession of a “sex” card, can we see some evidence that he has paid a 25% sin tax on it? (psst. Rep, you mean “gender” card.  We’ve supposedly played the gender card.  Playing the “sex” card is something entirely different and more fun, when done right.  For a failed attempt at [...]

I Think The Truth is that They Don’t Get It

I’d like to be all Rachel Maddow and demand that someone talk me down, but I’m not sure that what I want to hear can be said by the Tennessee Democrats at this point.  I want to hear that they really get it–that they really get that we, as a state, are in dire circumstances [...]