We’re going to need to start calling things what they are, for starters

I freaked out during the first few sessions, and each time different people took my blood pressure, and each time I told them about my entire childhood

Our only hope is that the low-wage earners realize we're on the same side

Men are being groomed by right-wing politicians and podcasters to become bitter, one-dimensional battering rams

This is the first question I’ve gotten in months that isn’t about the end of the world!

Landlords were not divinely ordained to be property owners

How do we remain hopeful while the people in power in America insult immigrants and call the poor 'parasites'?

Mindfulness is no substitute for a middle class. Meditation doesn’t work as a co-pay.

When we treat loss of life as a setback, we have lost the plot

Face it, America: We all did this together, and racism won’t fix it

In the age of global warming, being oblivious is a leadership quality

The fact that I don’t follow football could be related to the fact that I could never throw a spiral properly. It’s either that or all the wedgies.

Don’t be scared. Every time you get scared, listen to the song 'Sing' by The Carpenters. 

J.D. Vance has no business telling anyone what they can or can’t do

I recently stayed in a motel that had an A.I. desk clerk. Sadly, I am not kidding.

Advice King dips into his extensive archives as a palate cleanser during our stressful times

This question could be about anybody. Anybody alive in this extremely stupid period of world history.

The short answer: Not participating in democracy is not an option

How do you express in prose the indignities of 2024 Tennessee?

Do what I do: watch YouTube videos about exploring abandoned mines

Sooner or later, we are all forced to engage with this noncommunicative health care system

Let’s comfortably house Uber drivers, musicians and Waffle House staff. And fix the potholes that are destroying their vehicles.

The Metro Council will hold a public hearing next week on approving a city contract with Fusus

CBS’ 'Nashville’s Big Bash' featured Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rob Schneider, for some reason

The way I feel in the winter is harrowing. Here are some things that can help.

Let's try less hand-wringing and more hand-holding

Public schools are an essential part of a functional, humane society

The streets of Nashville seem to be a free-for-all

The state’s Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Training Academy in Nashville will cost $415 million and take up 800 acres

The kind of stuff people do while they are procrastinating borders on the avant garde

There is a way to make a difference, and you can do it

Average citizens are not being taken seriously

'Gerrymandering' isn’t in the Bible, either. If it was, the Romans would have been the supermajority doing it.

The number one killer of children in America is guns

You wouldn’t put your money in a bank called 'Chris Crofton’s Cold Brew Got Me Like Bank,' would you?

It turns out big conglomerates don’t care about facts — they care about dividends

The human race was made to self-destruct

I was really hoping this question was going to be about seasonal depression, so I’m going to make it about seasonal depression

We need aggressive art again

The moneyed class's vision for America is something along the lines of, 'Cheeseburgers for the strong, the gutter for the weak'

This Christmas, break the cycle — be honest with yourself, and be honest with others

If I were a younger man, I’d be trying to get an acid-house revival going in Johnson City

The good news: Your nephew isn’t crazy.

Is a legendary music venue being dwarfed by a giant hotel a metaphor?

Before you blame yourself for your lack of money, consider blaming society

If this happened in 1979 you’d have to go to a roller rink wearing a huge astrology medallion to meet someone

Capitalism does not like spirituality. It gets in the way of profits.

I said she had Corgi pallbearers and that a Corgi gave her eulogy. Somebody yelled at me about that.

I would describe The New York Times opinion staff as 'The Navy Seals of Out-of-Touchedness'

State Sen. Paul Bailey sponsored legislation that would hypothetically criminalize Jesus