LEADING OFF:
GRAMMY DIRT

It wouldn’t be Grammy season without backroom wheeling and dealing, and “Kaceygate,” the Nashville cabal’s latest scandal, joins a long list—including the betrayal of Deb Dugan and the unconscionable snubs of The Weeknd, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Beyoncé and on and on. Grammyland’s inner sanctum is a secret society maneuvering with impunity under cover of the Academy’s bylaws. They’ve degraded an institution once revered for its integrity. Can anything be done?