This week, the weather will finally shift to start feeling like fall, which is certainly one of the greatest seasons of the year. Football season is fully back in the South, and that’s a big deal! Many love the sport. Others may view it as too violent. Ben Sasse recently wrote an article in The Wall Street Journal about how football shapes the lives of young men. He said, “Football is a character forming institution that channels strength. In a world of instant gratification, it teaches perseverance through early practices and aching......

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Nashville and the world are still grieving the loss of Dolly Parton. She was born the fourth of twelve children in East Tennessee to a sharecropper and his wife. They lived in a shack with no electricity or running water. She went on to become a global icon. Dolly was one of those people who was larger than life. She was a gifted songwriter, actress, and performer. She had an amazing spirit and charisma that radiated everywhere she went. She started Dollywood to provide jobs for people in East Tennessee, and over......

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