Dennis Quaid calls life in Nashville “soft” and community-driven, contrasting it with a Los Angeles he says has “gone downhill” and left taxpayers paying “for no services.” Dennis Quaid, known for roles in films like “The Parent Trap” and “Great Balls of Fire,” is making no secret of his preference for Nashville over his old […] The post Dennis Quaid praises Nashville lifestyle, criticizes Los Angeles after leaving Hollywood appeared first on American Almanac .
Dennis Quaid calls life in Nashville “soft” and community-driven, contrasting it with a Los Angeles he says has “gone downhill” and left taxpayers paying “for no services.” Dennis Quaid, known for roles in films like “The Parent Trap” and “Great Balls of Fire,” is making no secret of his preference for Nashville over his old Los Angeles stomping grounds. In a recent interview, Quaid described his “soft” new life in Tennessee, highlighting the sense of community, space, and quality of living he’s found since relocating from California in 2020. Quaid, now 72, moved to Nashville with his fourth wife, Laura Savoie, 33. He credits the city’s unique blend of urban energy and open land for his happiness. “Basically…Open
Professor Penn and Royce White sit down with Sir Don Allen for a hard look at Minneapolis, George Floyd Square, and the broken promises made to local business owners left behind by city leadership. Allen traces the Twin Cities from the thriving neighborhoods of the 1970s to today’s education crisis, arguing that the collapse is not rooted in the children, but in failed leadership, political protection, weak discipline, and systems that reward dependency over achievement. The conversation digs into Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools, where proficiency rates, classroom safety, teacher protections, and union priorities reveal a system more interested in managing failure than producing independent, capable students. Royce connects the…
Royce White sits down with Sir Don Allen for a raw, local history lesson on Minneapolis, George Floyd Square, and the collapse of institutions that once held neighborhoods together. Allen begins with Edwin Read’s fight as a small business owner near George Floyd Square, arguing that city leaders and nonprofit power structures left real businesses behind while political promises went unkept. The conversation moves back into 1970s Minneapolis, when neighborhoods like 38th and Chicago had schools, businesses, police relationships, family structure, and community trust that Allen says have since been broken apart. From there, Allen uses his experience as an educator to expose what he sees as the deeper crisis inside Minneapolis and St. Paul…
By any measure, California is a failed state—and a national embarrassment. Taxes? It has the highest income and gas taxes in the nation. Roads? A […] Source
The state of Illinois was once one of the wealthiest regions in the entire world. Its largest city, Chicago, was the second-largest American city for […] Source
Birthrates are down. Families are leaving New York City. So educators, especially at charter schools, are expanding their marketing efforts on social media and in subway stations.
