The Fortlander

These were actual headlines this week in Nashville’s big newspaper, The Tennessean. While mostly this periodical is a reliable outlet for local and national news, sometimes reading The Tennessean is like reading the Onion. Except not funny.

From Valentine’s Day 2009:
Darwin Still Divides Believers in the Bible
First two lines: “The Rev. John McCullough believes in God. He also believes in evolution.”
ZING!

And related from 2/7/09:
Clergy seek reason in creation vs. evolution fight
Apparently there’s still a fight.

This is one from Friday, 2/13/09:
Four Tennessee legislators want Obama to prove citizenship
Speechless.

Luckily, there was this editorial Sunday, 2/15/09:
Lawmakers look dumb for reviving Obama hoax
Finally a reasonable person. But still! First it was the English-Only thing, and now this. Some filters somewhere need replacement.