Why can’t we talk about it?

This past weekend I found myself in a part of the country that I had never before trod. While I have flown over all but a few American states, Tennessee is one whose turf I had never previously crossed.

Admittedly, I had my preconceptions about The Volunteer State, but those views were only partially fulfilled.

What I had not expected to see in the little rural hamlets of Carter County surrounding t…