I am inspired by the very definition of self-reliance: to be reliant on one’s own capabilities, judgment, or resources. Ultimately, it is the epitome of independence and lays the groundwork of what we are all striving for – to live…
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Fans of Country Star Tim McGraw Shocked to Discover He Is Out of Touch Hypocrite
After several days of critical backlash by gun-rights advocates over a Tim McGraw concert to benefit a Sandy Hook charity, opening act Billy Currington has dropped out of the show. Earlier this week, McGraw announced plans to headline a show…
Read MoreTPAC Announces Fan Favorites for Upcoming Year
The Tennessee Performing Arts Center has announced they are bringing Broadway to Music City for the 2015-2016 season. The Phantom of the Opera will run for two weeks in March of 2016 along with six other shows making their debuts….
Read MoreAre Northerners More Virtuous People?
Race riot in he South, 1863. Wikipedia: “Rioters subjected black men to the most brutal violence: torture, hanging, and burning.” Eleven were lynched. The Southern mob depicted here were afraid that if the North won the Civil War, freed slaves…
Read MoreWill Tennessee Secede Again?
Is it possible for the United States to break up, either de facto or formally? I wonder. The country is not a happy place. Today it is more consciously and resentfully divided, politically, regionally, racially and by sex and class…
Read MoreNational Beer Day: Some Beer Trivia
Happy National Beer Day! National Beer Day falls on April 7 and commemorates the day that beer was once again allowed to be legally manufactured and sold following a long, dry Prohibition. On March 22, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed…
Read MoreHow to Look Smarter Than You Really Are
It’s hardly a surprise that Google gives us an inflated impression of our own intelligence. The search engine has the answer to every conceivable question at touch of a keyboard, turning even the most ignorant into instant boffins. But faking…
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