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Hola, everyone! I am back on Southern soil in Nashville after a great week in the Dominican.

Jimmy Naifeh is back in the news…caught in a(nother) lie.
What, a career politician lies? Who knew?
This time he should’ve known better. It seems that Jimmy lied about having a concealed carry permit, while he was in the midst of killing legislation that favored gun owners and legal carry holders. And, the Tennessee GOP (surprisingly discovering [...]

Jimmy Naifeh is back in the news...caught in a(nother) lie.

What, a career politician lies? Who knew?

This time he should've known better. It seems that Jimmy lied about having a concealed carry permit, while he was in the midst of killing legislation that favored gun owners and legal carry holders. And, the Tennessee GOP (surprisingly discovering that it's good to have teeth) called him on it.

So this Bonna Johnson story about a sale at a Brentwood boutique can still be found on The Tennessean's website and, incredibly enough, it's tagged as a local news story.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have much time or opportunity to post last week, so I didn’t publish anything in honor of the our nation’s birthday, but I came across this profound lecture about–among other things, what makes America exceptional. I thought of this principle in the midst of some comments by tgirsch at this post.
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Bob Krumm, reporting from Iraq, tells tale of a very interesting ceremony going on in occupied Iraq:

The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition gets a new leader:

by Nicole McIntyre