An Actual Quote from Ron Ramsey

“But in Tennessee, with Speaker Beth Harwell and Governor Bill Haslam by my side, we were able to raise the exemption on the Hall Income Tax on retirement savings, which effectively gave thousands of Tennessee seniors a tax cut.”–Ron Ramsey, who apparently governs with a couple of sidekicks you might have heard of, one of [...]

Some Thoughts on Prince and Shia LeBeouf

On Prince: God damn it. His increasing weirdness has ruined his old music for me. I was just listening along and “Get Off” came on and I was bopping along and then… I don’t know. I was just like, “yuck.” And that made me sad. On Shia LeBeouf: And Michael Bay and Stephen Spielberg. I [...]

More Layoffs at the Tennessean

I’m going to admit, this is a part of capitalism that I just don’t understand. Yes, I know you have a legal obligation to maximize shareholder value, but it seems to me obvious that hollowing out your newspaper in order to maximize shareholder value actually means Gannett is now at a moment where… if we [...]

Mulling over a Title for the October Thing

How does “The Witch’s Friend” strike you? I like it. It reminds me of “The Long-Lost Friend.”