Saint Patrick’s Day is here, and so it goes we join millions across the globe to don our best green garb and imbibe in a panoply beverages from the unnaturally verdant Shamrock Shake to the local pub’s green draft – all in a joyous tradition to cheer one another…
Read MoreDay: March 17, 2017
Teens Upset About Pizza Toppings Arrested For Firing Gunshots At Market
Three teens were arrested this week for firing shots at a market in North Nashville from a car because they were unhappy with their toppings on a pizza. The teens, ages 18, 17, and 16, were taken into custody after an undercover detective doing surveillance in the area witnessed…
Read MoreHuge Crowd at Trump Rally in Nashville ‘Optimistic About the Future’
The unseasonably cold temperature that topped out about 40 degrees with a substantial wind chill had no apparent impact on the enthusiasm of President Trump’s supporters who showed up by the thousands in Nashville on Monday. About 10,000 made it in to the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in time to hear…
Read MoreCommentary: What MSNBC Won’t Say: President Trump Paid His Fair Share in Taxes
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2017 – MSNBC’s perpetual smirk, Rachel Maddow, was sure she had President Donald Trump over a barrel. After all, she had two whole pages from his 2005 tax returns. From those pages some were shocked to learn that Trump paid $38 million in federal taxes on an…
Read MoreRefugee Resettlement and Illegal Immigration Driving Up Education Costs in Tennessee
The TN Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) is among the most aggressive opponents to the legislature’s constitutional challenge to the federal refugee resettlement program and to current and past legislative efforts to reduce illegal immigration to Tennessee. Â However, TIRRC takes credit for “helping to pass a bill to increase…
Read MoreSaint Patrick: The Real Man at the Heart of the Mythology
SAN JOSE, March 17, 2017- The merriment surrounding Saint Patrick misses the history of a boy who was kidnapped and plunged into the abyss of slavery who grew into a young man who challenged death to escape to freedom only to return to the land of his slave masters to…
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