https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/475 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2026 https://dailymemphian.com/article/14620 <p>Lifelong best friends Zach Waters and Chris O'Conner are the same age and went to the same schools, but remember gradually discovering that one of them had to live more cautiously for a reason that confounded them.</p> zchwaters@gmail.com (Zach Waters) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/14620 Fri, 5 Jun 2020 18:59:28 -0500