The Obama administration on Tuesday released its long-awaited plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the United States. But the proposal ducks the question of where the facility would…
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Violent Cop Haters Furious Cops Won’t Protect Them
The Black Panther Party is calling some Metro officers “pathetic” for their stance on Beyoncé. The Fraternal Order of Police is urging officers not to volunteer to do security for the star’s concert here in May. This follows Beyoncé’s controversial…
Read MoreNashville Library Bans Radical Black Racist Group
Nashville Public Library officials have told Nashville’s chapter of Black Lives Matter that meetings that welcome only people of color can’t take place inside the city’s libraries. That decision has outraged members of Black Lives Matter, who say the library…
Read MoreRadical Left in TN Attacks Christian Legislators
Tennessee lawmakers have proposed bills on “natural marriage,” religious exemptions for counselors and state-defined gender restrictions that all attack the human dignity of people who do not conform to traditional norms of society, which had been until recently repressive against…
Read MoreYWCA Gets Political After Anonymous Sexting Rumors
A call to good men … Most men are good men, they respect and value women. YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee exists “to be a spokesperson for women who have no voice.” As allegations of sexual harassment in the Tennessee…
Read MoreOld Accusations Haunt a Favorite Son
A 1996 sexual assault allegation against Peyton Manning by a female trainer at the University of Tennessee that has recently returned to the news has prompted speculation about an earlier incident — which Manning’s lawyers have worked to keep out…
Read MoreDespite Poor Performance and Opposition to Testing, Teachers Want More Money
Overtesting and underfunding are the two largest hurdles facing teachers in Tennessee, according to state education experts. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Education Association brought its third annual Road Trip to Hamilton County in an effort to discuss with concerned educators,…
Read MoreNashville Police to Help, Rather Than Jail, Drug Addicts
Nashville Police don’t want to see possible charges come in the way of a person seeking help for heroin addiction. “Since November 1st of 2015, Nash County as a whole has responded to about 65 overdose calls, now it’s hard…
Read MoreApple Demonstrates Rare Corporate Resistance to Federal Domination
Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company’s chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in…
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