TENNESSEE IS BIG
InstaPundit pleads "I live in Knoxville" to explain his failure to cover the Memphis blackout. He says Tennessee is a big state. Most Texans would probably disagree. But since we used to drive every summer from South Carolina to my grandmother's house in Little Rock--a trip that is about 90% Tennessee--I have to concur that, to put it precisely, Tennessee is a very long state. If you eat breakfast in Knoxville, you won't get to Memphis until dark. I can also say from personal experience that it is very, very hot in Memphis in July--and it's not a dry heat.