Summary: In a good old-fashioned honky tonk debunk-a-bunk, we speak with Dennis Henigan, Director of the Legal Action Project for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. He dispels the mythical conservative talking point that more guns equal more security and confirms that, in fact, guns do kill people! The Virginia Tech shooting was preventable […]
Summary: Our guest in this segment is Allen F. St. Pierre, Executive Director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. In this role, Mr. St. Pierre has written, debated, and lectured extensively on the topic of cannabis and its prohibition.
St. Pierre is in Nashville today to appear at the benefit to […]
The Democrat’s plan for withdrawl from Iraq is a reasonable one calling for “some American forces to remain in or near Iraq to make targeted counterterrorism attacks and train Iraqi forces; appeals for international diplomacy to nudge Iraqi factions to negotiations; and demands that the Iraqi government meet deadlines for progress on political reforms.” If […]
Remember, “As Iraqis stand up, we’ll stand down?” Not so much anymore.
Military planners have abandoned the idea that standing up Iraqi troops will enable American soldiers to start coming home soon and now believe that U.S. troops will have to defeat the insurgents and secure control of troubled provinces. Training Iraqi troops, which had been […]
Yesterday, Sgt. Jim Wilt, who works in the public affairs office at the Bagram military base, wrote, “I find it ironic that the flags were flown at half-staff for the young men and women who were killed at VT, yet it is never lowered for the death of a U.S. service member.”
He went on to […]
Potential Republic presidential candidate Fred Thompson agrees that the decision to have an abortion should be a private decision between a woman and her doctor. (Doff of the Hat: Braisted)
Can someone explain to me what’s wrong with “safe, legal & rare?” Isn’t that the compromise we’re looking for?
The mentoring organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, has a program called Amachi, which organizes mentoring for the children of prisoners. Two bills making their way through the state legislature, HB1575 and SB1753, will provide funding for the program .
House Bill 1575, which was unanimously approved in House State and Local Government committee, […]
The Nashville Arts Coalition is hosting a mayoral forum today, Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at Cheekwood, Botanic Hall. Sign in begins at 5:30 p.m., forum is from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Tongiht’s forum will give you the opportunity to hear directly from the mayoral candidates about their visions for the arts in Nashville.
Open to the public […]
Comprehensive immigration reform comprises three principle elements:
Note that enforcement is in there. It’s just not the only thing that’s in there. And instead of mass deportation, there is deference given to the level of demand that exists in the American economy in the form of a guest worker program in combination with a transitional measure. Certainly, those two items are tied up in the controversy surrounding this debate. But they shouldn’t be.
Political ideology is responsible for the Iraq war, complete with it’s 3323 military and 62,281 civilian deaths.
