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Conaway: Simple values for the most complicated of times, and the times' call to each and every one of us

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Sat, 4 Oct 2025 20:23:21 -0500

He told our country’s top brass that their attention would soon be turned inward. That they would be commanding military operations in our cities against the “enemy within.” Further, he said that they should hold military training exercises in our cities.

Conaway: There is a plan, and it's a good one

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 04:00:07 -0500

“Elevate Memphis as a national model: Use this moment of federal attention to highlight Memphis-led solutions as a case study in how cities can reduce crime and strengthen communities without losing their identity.”

Conaway: The lowest crime rate in 25 years is getting both a parade and a charade

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:06 -0500

“Yet the rest of the nation will see the parade charade daily on their screens large and small. They will see the National Guard in Memphis, an occupied American city.”

Conaway: Drained at Sassy Bass, beached at Tommy Bahama: The Great Walmart Heist

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:00:14 -0500

“I swear if we were still having children, or my kids were to have another grandchild, I’d lobby for the name iBank, boy or girl. That’s probably going to be the name of my next dog.”

Conaway: The Tasteful List 2025

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 5 Sep 2025 04:00:03 -0500

“As always, remember that having any of these things now and then isn’t cheating on a diet: it’s rewarding yourself for achieving something special. Like, say, getting up this morning, or finding your keys.”

Conaway: Driving us crazy

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:12 -0500

“Evidently, virtually everybody in Memphis is frightened by a turn signal as a baby and avoids them at all costs.”

Conaway: The heart is in the middle

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:06 -0500

“The heart of America is in the middle, and we, the people, are in the middle. And there’s no lonelier place today than the center aisle.”

Conaway: Genius both honorable and despicable. We'll take it.

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:05 -0500

“Kemmons Wilson and Fred Smith were honorable men. Both were native sons. Neither of our new saviors, Henry Ford and Elon Musk, are either of those things.”

Conaway: This is who your city looks like. See her.

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 8 Aug 2025 04:00:07 -0500

“Whether we thrive tomorrow, actually, whether we survive, depends more on what we feed Olivia today than most of us want to acknowledge.”

Conaway: The welcome reality of whimsy

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 1 Aug 2025 04:00:03 -0500

“It doesn’t matter how far-fetched it might seem, or whether or not anybody else sees it. Just look. Just see.”

Conaway: I'm willing to let this masterpiece slide

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:01:18 -0500

“We need to start clawing back, kicking and screaming, that which was given and guaranteed by the bodies who stole it from us in the night — literally.”

Conaway: It's not this side, it's what's over the garden wall

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:01:11 -0500

“Today, more than anytime in my life, truth and trust are fleeting things, and once lost seemingly impossible to find again.”

Conaway: This is my backyard, and now — all of now — has no place in it

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:00:10 -0500

“Like much of what I learned in the backyard of my childhood, honor has become a quaint deceit.”

Conaway: The Fourth is in all of us

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 4 Jul 2025 04:00:09 -0500

“July Fourth is in you. Look for it, and realize you’re a revolutionary.”

Conaway: After 25 years, it's time to put some local teeth in our game

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 04:00:11 -0500

“We don’t need to borrow an identity. Nashville has been borrowing ours for decades. When my ad agency handled the NBA Grizzlies introduction to Memphis, I tried to make that point.”

Conaway: Wide-eyed wonder, our town discovered

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:00:10 -0500

“He got out of the car knowing his grandfather better, and his grandfather found his own hope in the wide eyes beside him.”

Conaway: Don't play a game in Nashville. Don't give Nashville a dime.

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:00:01 -0500

Nashville — home to neither team — will benefit as much as either Memphis or Louisville. Who thought this was a good idea?

Conaway: Assault by packaging is open and shut case

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 6 Jun 2025 04:00:11 -0500

“The top of the medicine packet didn’t give, but the edge julienned his fingers like Julia Childs over a pair of carrots.”

Conaway: The man behind it all, out loud and clear, and all ours in Memphis

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 30 May 2025 04:00:06 -0500

“Civil rights remain a movement, and that movement is more at risk now than any time in a generation. Diversity and inclusion have been declared illegal.”

Conaway: Our ghosts are calling this Memorial Day

support@dailymemphian.com (Dan Conaway) — Fri, 23 May 2025 04:00:04 -0500

“On Dec. 2, 1943, USS LCT-242 was sunk by a circling torpedo off Naples, Italy. In a little more than a year of service, she earned two battle stars. She was a Memphis girl.”