metropolitan area

That is the question we are all asking ourselved tonight as temperatures have dropped through the 60's, through the 50's and now stand at 50.6°......combine that with a north wind that has been persistent around 15 mph this evening and you've got a raw, late fall evening.

The Professor is slowly but surely returning to one of the things he does best--writing.  When he's in the mood he writes like Clapton plays--soulful.  I like this post about his Wanderlust. 

If there is one thing that the Left never tires of doing, it is trumpeting to anyone who will listen that they really are patriotic; they really do support the troops; they really do care about the country; and, in the latest election cycle, they really are Christians and want to court the votes of religious people in America.

It might even be true.

If there is one thing that the Left never tires of doing, it is trumpeting to anyone who will listen that they really are patriotic; they really do support the troops; they really do care about the country; and, in the latest election cycle, they really are Christians and want to court the votes of religious people in America.

It might even be true.

Whereas the conventional wisdom had long placed the graduation rate around 85 percent, a growing consensus has emerged that only about seven in 10 students are actually successfully finishing high school.

More Shelby count residents are realizing that the police can not be every where in the city at one time. They are taking to arming themselves in greater numbers as protection against criminals that are taking over.

From the article..

KAG asks if Elliot Spitzer was local:

Where would he have gone for his “needs?” Magnolia Avenue? One of the “spas” on Alcoa Highway? Do “high end” call girl services exist in the greater Knoxville metropolitan area?

John McCain will be here tomorrow:

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Tennessee metropolitan area of Nashville and Murfreesboro has been added to the list of regions considered at high risk of a terrorist attack, according to a new list of funding priorities from the Homeland Security Department.

While a few of my co-workers and I were heading out to lunch, we passed these guys on our way through Goodlettsville. It is not everyday you see people riding horseback in a metropolitan area. I saw them again on the evening news.