Guest column: Remembering former Memphis councilman Jimmy Moore
“Jimmy Moore was a good-natured and gentle man. ... Yet he understood what politics was all about. For Moore, politics was about helping people who needed help. Getting things done. “
Susan Adler Thorp
Susan Adler Thorp is the former political columnist for The Commercial Appeal. She is the owner of Susan Adler Thorp Communications, which advises clients on communication strategies and effective media coverage.
There are 10 articles by Susan Adler Thorp :
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May 2025
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January 2025
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Opinion Guest Column: Firing Feagins had nothing to do with improving our classrooms
“If the MSCS board wants a superintendent who cares about files and flattery, hire an accountant. If they want a superintendent who bows when they enter the room, then hire a court jester.”
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March 2024
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Guest Columnists Guest Column: In memory of Jerome Makowsky
“Sometimes in our race to the finish line, to complete the demands of the day, we forget to stop for a moment to appreciate the folks who spent a lifetime before us trying to make Memphis the place where we want to live.”
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December 2023
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Guest Columnists Opinion: An argument against the MLGW rate hike
“The council chairman failed to take advantage of an opportunity to positively affect the lives of thousands of Memphians. Rather than receive help, they were served up hollow words.”
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March 2023
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Guest Columnists Guest Column: Ron Terry ‘considered everyone a colleague and his friend’
“Those of us in Memphis fortunate enough to have known Ron Terry, and even those who didn’t, have one thing in common: We are better off because Ron Terry called Memphis home.”
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October 2022
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Free to readers
Guest ColumnistsOpinion: Even if you don’t like the candidates, hold your nose and vote
“I’m fully aware of the arguments against voting. It’s a waste of time. It won’t change anything. No time to vote. Can’t trust any of them. My candidate won’t win anyway. But our lives are affected by the people we vote into office.”
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March 2022
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Elections Guest Column: Ignoring party labels is exactly what Memphians elected Strickland to do
There’s nothing wrong with a non-partisan mayor trying to curry favor with a member of either political party, particularly when his constituents elected him to do just that.
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April 2020
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Guest ColumnistsScheidt was a businessman by trade, a philanthropist by profession
Rudi didn’t take the idea of death lightly. He didn’t go to funerals. But when someone he cared for died, he gave generously to a charity in their memory.
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March 2020
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Guest Columnists Dragged into the world of the elderly by a virus
I’m working from home. Cleaning the closets. Playing with the dog. Calling my friends. Promising my children that I’ll stay home – or close to it. And learning how to balance the dread of what we don’t know and can’t see with the beauty of just being here.
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January 2020
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Guest Columnists What voters know — and like — about Steve Cohen
Voters of the Ninth District know their congressman sometimes leans toward the outrageous. But he represents his congressional district with passion and commitment and that’s why voters have sent him to Washington seven times.
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