I love Southwest Airlines. Here’s another reason why:

“We want to assure you that Southwest Airlines still allows you to check up to two free bags when you travel with us, and has no plans to change that,” the company said in a statement.

That’s nice work taking advantage of erroneous (and subsequently corrected) reporting in the New York Times. Here’s more:

“We’re doing everything we can do to boost revenue, but it’s not our goal to nickel and dime our customers,” said a Southwest spokeswoman, Christi Day.

That isn’t a bad way to take a potshot at your competition.

I’d say that the majority of local residents only began realizing that a booming Kurdish community was emerging in their midst within the past decade. Would you believe that the first wave of Kurdish immigrants first arrived in Nashville in 1976 (when I was a mere three years old)? Would you also believe that Nashville is home to the largest Kurdish population in North America?

I’m looking forward to seeing the new Nashville Public Television documentary series set to debut tonight (8 p.m., Comcast channel 8), and I think program writer, director and producer Will Pedigo is on to something about Nashville in the years to come:

“As our new neighbors rebuild their lives in Nashville,” says Pedigo, “their experiences, contributions and conflicts impact the city. They are also challenged by isolation and barriers unknown to many Nashvillians. How Nashville addresses its changing demographic will be important for the future of similar communities across the country.”

I’m curious to see how our city continues to evolve in the wake of the arrival of significant populations of people who were not born in the U.S. I hope, in the end, that this influx will make Nashville a more cosmopolitan and more vibrant community.

The Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC) was set to benefit from proceeds from an advance screening of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last Wednesday, until Paramount Pictures changed the schedule for early viewing at the last minute.

I hope the event, rescheduled for tonight (May 28) at 7 p.m., will still draw a full house at $10 per ticket. You can bet that it would have been a sell out this time last week, when rabid fans would have jumped at the chance to see the film early. If you’re up for heading to the cinema for a good cause, tickets for tonight’s show go on sale at 6 p.m. at Thoroughbred 20 in Cool Springs.

Founded in 1970, TEC’s mission is to educate and advocate for conservation and improvement of Tennessee’s environment, communities and public health. Here’s more information about the organization.