Tag: unemployment

  • It’s not all about you…

    It’s not all about you…

    Protesting Shelby County’s COVID-19 rules isn’t solving the problem…its ignoring the shared responsibility. Its time to work together to get the number of infections down.

  • Giving thanks despite a mostly shitty 2020

    Giving thanks despite a mostly shitty 2020

    2020 has been a real piece of shit year. But despite all the pain this trip around the sun has doled out, there’s still some things to be thankful for.

  • Win, Lose or Draw – State of the State (TN), 2013

    This is part 2 in a series of 3 posts (part 1 is here) that will look at who came out ahead, who came out behind, and who didn’t move an inch in the past 12 months. As with all these type lists, they are both subjective and incomplete, so make any additions/corrections in the…

  • Win, Lose or Draw – State of the Nation, 2013

    This is part 1 in a series of 3 posts that will look at who came out ahead, who came out behind, and who didn’t move an inch in the past 12 months. As with all these type lists, they are both subjective and incomplete, so make any additions/corrections in the comments. Thanks and have…

  • Nobody Won

    Last night’s election results in the sales tax vote were surprising in the definitive margin of defeat…more than the defeat of the measure itself. It was an issue I struggled with, much like more than one of my friends. As a long time advocate of Pre-K, and someone who actually spent over a year researching…

  • Distant Care – Existing Hospital Deserts

    Over the past several posts I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the 30 counties that may lose their hospitals. But what about the 15 counties that currently have no hospital? That’s what the red represents in this map. I want to direct your attention to the line of counties that cut across the…