There are a lot of Republican primary voters in Tennessee like Tim Fulghum. Fulghum attends a megachurch in Nashville and likes presidential candidates whose actions match their words and their faith. As he sat in a common area of Cornerstone…
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As the GOP Caves, Will Local Conservatives Vote for Donald Trump?
Late Thursday night, National Review, the storied conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley, published an issue denouncing Donald Trump. “Trump is a philosophically unmoored political opportunist who would trash the broad conservative ideological consensus within the GOP in favor…
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Are Middle Class Tennesseans Angry and Resentful?
The American Power Elite may yet discover that throw the bums out applies to all existing Establishment parties and Elites. As I have often noted, historian Michael Grant identified profound political disunity in the ruling class as a key cause…
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Trump Finds Adoring Crowds in Williamson County
The way Ellen Carter, a 70-year-old from Spring Hill, saw it, the hours-long wait on a drizzly Saturday morning was worth it: Donald Trump is her guy. “He’s smart, he’s rich and he knows how to do it,” she said…
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Trump Sells Out Nashville Event
Trump will be speaking Saturday at Rocketown at a conference hosted by the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. Other speakers include columnist Star Parker, Pastor Rafael Cruz and Dr. Ming Wang. The three-day event is already a sellout. Several protests…
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Are TN Republicans Ready for Trump?
Donald Trump went on a Twitter rant against Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and pollster Frank Luntz following Thursday night’s GOP presidential debate. Kelly and Trump mixed it up when she asked Trump about his calling “women you don’t like ‘fat…
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Trump Vindicated As Illegal Murders Woman
The family of a California woman who was allegedly shot dead by an illegal Mexican immigrant have criticized officials who didn’t hand him over after he was jailed just months before the attack. Grieving relatives of Kathryn Steinle, 32, who…
Read MoreTrump Rocks NRA Convention and Promises Big Future for Nashville
Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump says Nashville is “absolutely ready” for a five-star, super-luxury hotel. Trump made the declaration to me Friday, after taking the stage among a parade of presidential contenders addressing the National Rifle Association’s annual convention,…
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