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96-Year-Old Woman Who Voted During Jim Crow Is Denied Photo IDnew
At age 96, Dorothy Cooper is the new poster child for what's wrong with Tennessee's photo ID voter law.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-05-2011 |
Politics
Even as Theater, Health Care Town Halls are Turning into a Major Painnew
Only a few days ago, Rep. Bart Gordon's town hall would have set off a frenzy of national chatter. Now, it's all too predictable -- merely yet another humiliation of a member of Congress by the far right.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
08-28-2009 |
Politics
Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper Defends His Work on Health Care Reformnew
Cooper's touting the legislation known as Wyden-Bennett after Senate sponsors Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bob Bennett, R-Utah. Among its co-sponsors is Lamar Alexander. Cooper describes it as "a beacon of hope out there." He sees it as a Third Way harnessing both the Democrats' dream of universal coverage and Republican love of market forces.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
08-14-2009 |
Politics
Tennessee Governor Plays the Martyr Instead of Fighting the Good Fightnew
By equivocating on Tennessee's guns-in-bars bill when his opposition would have made a difference, Gov. Phil Bredesen missed his opportunity to stop its passage.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
06-05-2009 |
Politics
Rep. Eric Swafford's Bid to Make Tennessee a Laughingstocknew
Swafford has proudly become America's first state legislator to join the wacky legal action challenging Barack Obama's status as a U.S. citizen, an issue that's become an obsession of the far-right fringe.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
02-20-2009 |
Politics
Who's Running the Tennessee House Now?new
In a surprise vote that turned the legislature into a pit of snapping vipers, the Republican Kent Williams was elected House speaker in a clandestine deal with the Democrats. What happens next is a question that now occupies the Capitol.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
01-23-2009 |
Politics
Evangelicals Demand Subservience from Tennessee's New GOP Majoritynew
Evangelicals would like to clear up any confusion over who's running the state legislature. The new Republican majority won't start meeting until January, but already the party's bug-eyed base is demanding top billing for its pet causes and warning unbelievers to watch their backs.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
12-01-2008 |
Politics
The Republicans Take Control of the Tennessee Capitolnew
The new GOP majority is getting off to what might charitably be described as a stumbling start. In their big moment in history, they've been forced to dispute accusations that they rode to victory not on the power of their ideas, but on a wave of racism that the party helped whip up. Talk about a buzz killer.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
11-21-2008 |
Politics
Tennessee Dems Blame Racism for Historic Election Lossesnew
Barack Obama changed the political map with the biggest Democratic victory since LBJ, but the election made a different kind of history in the alternate universe known as Tennessee.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
11-14-2008 |
Politics
Bob Tuke Soldiers On, Despite Being Given Zero Chance to Unseat Sen. Lamar Alexandernew
Sen. Lamar Alexander took a long Canadian fishing trip in the middle of his reelection campaign. That's pretty much all you need to know about how much he fears Bob Tuke, the Democrat attempting to unseat him.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-10-2008 |
Politics
Gov. Phil Bredesen as Obama Veep? Seriously?new
He's praised as a possible Obama running mate -- too bad our governor isn't programmed to function as a Democrat.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
08-11-2008 |
Politics
Tennessee Republicans Link MLK to GOPnew
While the rest of the country was honoring King on the 40th anniversary of his assassination last week, the state GOP was trying to score a cheap political point by proclaiming that MLK was a Republican.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
04-11-2008 |
Commentary
Tennessee's Culture of Sleazenew
State senator Jerry Cooper shows lawmakers how to get caught stealing and still make a profit.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
12-21-2007 |
Politics
It's Iowa or Bust for Fred Thompsonnew
The Law & Order actor has been forced into an 11th-hour barnstorming bus tour of Iowa to try to salvage his campaign, but no one is giving him much chance.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
12-21-2007 |
Politics
What's the Matter with Fred Thompson?new
How media image-makers are killing Thompson's presidential bid -- with a little help from the candidate himself.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
12-14-2007 |
Politics
