Summer Spotlight: Liquor Lab
In a city of wayward pedal taverns and $12 PBRs, many a Nashvillian has vowed to drink more at home. But few have the type of innate Patters
Today's Newsletter
O'Connell's Property Tax Shell Game
💸 How the property tax increase & reappraisal actually impacted Nashville · Massive road crater on Old Hickory eats truck · TN's new congressional map in tact as court challenge moves forward · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. 📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. Hello 👋🏻 Camelia here. As always, if you have an event you'd like to add to the calendar
Council Watch >>
💰 Follow the money. See who's funding your councilmember.
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Who's Parrotin' Who?
🏛️ Last night at Metro Council · Ludwig family seeks justice · Anti-Trump protest · Library garage · Much more!
Who's Afraid of a Little Old Organizing
🗣️ The worst word in politics · Homeless removal · D7 ballot grows · Gun theft map · Week in streaming · Much more!
Week in Streaming: Special Edition
Interview with Everything’s Going To Be Great director Jon S. Baird and writer Steven Rogers
Money in, money out
🛣️ How free is Nashville · Taxpayer-funded lobbying · Antioch lawsuit · Comically criminal blunder of the day · Much more!
Universal Ring County Rights
⭕️ The Case for Ring County Rights · O'Connell hides on Bluesky · Illegals in Nashville · Saturday night in Music City · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
The Case for Ring County Rights
Though their populations are stagnating, Tennessee’s Blue Dot cities have undue power over the entire state. It’s time to level that playing field.
The Great Mystery of Falling Crime Rates
🪄 And now for my next trick... Crime will vanish · Newsom comes to town · WeGo fixes food deserts · School choice poll results · Review of Materialists · Much more!
Review: Materialists (2025)
For the past two weeks, pundits and armchair politicos alike have struggled to explain Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in the New York Cit
Downsizing the Council
🏛️ Council shrinkage · The race for Rose's seat · New Chief of Staff · Nashville's Pyramid · Much more!
Major Lewis & Nashville’s Pyramid
A profile of one of Nashville's most impactful patriarchs
In Defense of Tourism and Tourists
🕶️ Tourism revenue rises · The Great Rezoning · New candidates in D7 · DEI shapeshifts · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (July 8th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
🐒 100th anniversary of Scopes Monkey Trial · TN-7 race opens up · Tried bullets strike · New BNA terminal · Much more!
The Devil Went Down To Dayton
The Tennessee town that played host to the Scopes Monkey Trial wants to tell its own story