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As vice mayor, Howard Gentry has an interesting dilemma on his hands. He is trying to figure out in as diplomatic a way possible how to streamline Metro Council meetings. More

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We had to laugh at the recent news that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine had issued a report criticizing fast-food salads as having too much fat in them. More

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I think it was Adlai Stevenson who said that America can choke on a gnat but swallow tigers whole. We've just defeated the rabid tiger of Saddam Hussein, but we're gagging over one of the most insignificant controversies in a long while. I'm referring, of course, to the "scandal" of President Bush landing on an aircraft carrier. More

"Seventy-seven percent." For weeks now, those three little words have served as the ultimate discussion stopper. More

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Perhaps the most profound change in American society over the past 40 years is how bad behavior is processed. When I grew up in the 1960s, bad boys and girls were usually held accountable for their misbehavior, punishment was almost a lock, and very few scandals resulted in profit participation. More

Last week a student appeared in Steve's office at George Washington University, and with tears welling in her eyes, she talked about the bleak picture facing her after graduation. More

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As Americans, we would not knowingly let foreign terrorists take over the street corners in our neighborhoods and ignore that their business is enforcing their destructive will. We would demand that law enforcement uproot them from our doorsteps. More

Who, in January, thought it would take six months to pass a lottery bill? But here we are in May still waiting to play our first $2 lottery game at the local convenience store. More

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This week the deadliest series of tornadoes to roll across the United States in 2003 wreaked havoc across three states, including Tennessee. More

To comment on a City Paper story or local issue, send us a typed letter 100 words or less (with zip code and a daytime phone number for verification) to: letters@nashvillecitypaper.com, or Editor, The City Paper, P.O. Box 158434, Nashville, TN 37215. Letters may be edited to fit. There is no guarantee letters received will be printed. More

Sandra Banning and her 8-year-old daughter are faithful members of Calvary Chapel, a church in Elk Grove, Calif. "In our home we are practicing Christians," the mother related last summer. More

Nine Democrats are running for president in 2004, and there had been no way to tell them apart. Until Congressman Dick Gephardt hit one out of the park. More

I think the last thing Iraq needs is democracy. Yes, I've been pounding my shoe on the table in favor of democratizing Iraq for a couple years now. And when I say the last thing Iraq needs is democracy, I don't mean it shouldn't have it. I mean elections should be the last on a long list of priorities for Iraq. More