Eight leap-days ago, a surprise retirement announcement opened the way for Gore to begin his political career. (Audio of interview with the late Sen. Albert Gore Sr. included.)
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The beginning of the end at Minnie Pearl's, Fritz Ingram's friends in high places, and an evocative remembrance of steamboat days
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With hearing set for Friday, the 'unrepentant' reformer who castigates judges faces sanctions for misconduct
Reminiscences of life in Nashville from David Halberstam, one of America's great talents as a journalist and historian, who has died at 73
New editor bumps aside longtime second-in-command Dave Green, brings in managing editor from Poughkeepsie
A civic call to arms (or tongues, as the case may be) over Nashville's worldwide presence on Wikipedia
Breakfast regulars work a deal for space in a West End hotel that courted them
John Seigenthaler Sr. will host a new talk show on NPT featuring conversations with opinion makers
How Fritz Ingram got out of jail -- and bitterly left his old life behind
[Feb. 7 - UPDATED Feb. 7, 8:22 p.m. to add appendix about newly uncovered rape claim and other bribery claims]
Victory for the Clinton-Gore ticket would place a Watergate-era investigative reporter within a heartbeat of the presidency. In his brief career at The Tennessean, Al Gore not only helped to clean up a corrupt local government, but also revived his political aspirations, which had been shattered by a tour of duty in Vietnam and the election defeat of his father.
[As published in the Nashville Scene, September 17, 1992]
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