Oh, Tennessee. I love you, but you have broken my heart.
The pain began to come more than a decade ago, as I found myself, after a years-long hiatus, again paying attention to the work of the Tennessee General Assembly.
I was driving down I-65, listening to Nashville Public Radio on my commute, when I heard then-Rep. Glen Casada — the Williamson County Republican who became House Speaker for a short tenure before being dethroned by his own caucus, only to face federal corruption charges — advocating for the arrest and detention of Syrian immigrants by Tennessee National Guard troops…