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Two weeks ago, I asked if there are any celebrities who inspire people like Dolly Parton did. Could anyone else elicit such an outpouring of love? Today, I’ll share your thoughts, and mine. Dolly is a tough act to follow. Her record of kindness and generosity may be impossible to replicate. According to the New York Times, seventy percent of Americans expressed a favorable view of Dolly in a Umass/YouGov poll in March 2026, the highest approval rate for any living person. I’d like to have a word with the other thirty percent, who probably also frown on puppies, homegrown tomatoes, and a cool summer breeze.

Tullahoma- area employers already have a strong workforce model close at hand. Motlow State’s apprenticeship program combines paid work, instruction, mentorship, and industry credentials, with current funding support for manufacturing, IT, and related positions. That same logic should guide AI adoption. Stanford’s August 12 payroll update finds that employment among U.S. workers ages 22–25 in highly AI-exposed occupations is about 19% below where it would be if it had kept pace with similarly aged workers in less-exposed occupations. The gap is showing up mainly through reduced hiring.

Linda Lavin’s “Alice” and Jack Klugman’s “Quincy, M.E.” were among the handful of TV shows introduced in the autumn of 1976 that had “legs” (i.e. lasted more than a single season). But one series REALLY had legs, if you know what I mean. I mean “Charlie’s Angels,” of course.