Echols: ‘I Need to Go Somewhere’
“There’s something about a good long road trip that creates space for your mind to unwind.”
Topic: opinion
RSSThere are 182 article(s) tagged opinion:
-
June 2024
-
-
May 2024
-
Greenstein: ‘We can all change the world’
“Too often we underestimate our own ability to make a difference in another human life, and we fail to appreciate that singular ability in others as well.”
-
Opinion: An opportunity to slash credit-card fees is before the US Senate
“The impact of increased competition cannot be understated, considering for small businesses in our state these savings could mean the difference between staying afloat and shutting their doors.”
-
Guest Column: Family game night is more important than you think
“Hands-on exploration and group play are at the heart of the Children’s Museum of Memphis. Now, you and the young learners in your life can take on both together.”
-
Echols: ‘Trees are remarkable storytellers’
“The trunk that reaches to the heavens is telling my family’s story in real time, and real time is passing much more quickly than anyone ever told me it would.”
-
Narcisse: ‘It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where our children are?’
“Accounting for the lives, time and experiences of the young people in our community is not the sole responsibility of parents. We are each responsible.”
-
Opinion: Now is the time to add to the MLGW board
“I propose increasing MLGW’s board to seven voting members: five who live in Memphis and two who live outside Memphis.”
-
Guest Column: Education is bigger than grades, it’s preparation for life
“We cannot just wait, though, until students reach our doors as adults. We have to reach them earlier and younger; we cannot, however, do it alone.”
-
Guest Column: Uniting against truancy and chronic absenteeism
“Chronic absenteeism has a devastating impact on a child’s achievement and long-term potential. However, we refuse to accept this as fate; instead, we view it as a call to action for our entire community.”
-
Conaway: ‘Light it up,’ he told the driver
“In a world either on fire or simmering, in a country dangerously divided, in a challenged city, perspective returns in an ambulance.”
-
-
April 2024
-
Echols: ‘Either way, I was a big, fat jerk’
This is an open letter to the woman I had an embarrassingly vigorous yelling match about a parking spot in front of the UPS store on Colonial Road last Tuesday.
-
Greenstein: ‘Freedom from slavery is the essence’ of Passover
“The liberation of the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage has become a powerful symbol of redemption not only for the Jewish people, but for the entire world.”
-
Opinion: Death of police officer requires action, accountability
“Keeping criminals off our streets and encouraging good parenting are crucial steps in improving public safety in Tennessee,” state Rep. John Gillespie, R-Memphis, writes. “This remains my priority.”
-
Sanford: Orange Mound shooting spree struck a nerve. But we cannot concede defeat.
We’ve had plenty of rallies, vigils and marches. We’ve created one anti-violence group after another. We’ve floated balloons as well as ideas. And still, the deaths keep coming.
-
Conaway: Time to get away is close by
“We were out in the country, the middle of nowhere yet right here, two old friends and a couple dogs among old barns on a new morning, and we were having a business meeting.”
-
Opinion: Memphis teacher says arming teachers is still a bad idea
“This bill is not about safety; it is about perpetuating the myth that more guns in more places make us safer.”
-
Guest Column: Economic opportunity for Memphis women is a ‘top priority’
“Memphis women earned 82% of what their male counterparts earned. ... But by working together, we can make an impact.”
-
Echols: Stories of hope, joy, learning: Everett beats the odds
“Every year on June 21, my brother Landon Williams sends me some version of the same text message ... ‘Hey Sister! Today is the 6-year anniversary of the day when Everett was supposed to die.’”
-
Echols: Stories of hope, joy, learning: ‘Curiosity does the heavy lifting’
“Macsovits has taken what she’s been taught in the course of a lifetime, married it with the deeper and broader perspective she has earned in motherhood, and is now passing it on to others.”
Related content:
Echols: Stories of hope, joy, learning: It’s always a party at one special Memphis school
Echols: Stories of hope, joy, learning: Everett beats the odds
-
-
March 2024
-
Opinion: ‘Hope, love and opportunity’ at University Schools should be for all
“Frankly, I don’t worry about the kids we serve within our schools. I worry about the kids we don’t. What happens to them? Where do they go? And most importantly, how can I help them?”
-
Greenstein: ‘Religion without humor isn’t healthy’
“The observance of today’s Jewish holiday lends tremendous insight into the Jewish mind, namely the ability to accept life with a sense of humor is a key ingredient to healthy living.”
-
Echols: ‘Where we learn about the fun side of God’
“When you get to be an adult, laughter can feel like an add-on like whipped cream, a free mint or pressing snooze on the alarm clock.”
-
Echols: 5 weekend escapes near Memphis
You don’t have to go far to get away from it all. Candace Echols has some ideas for where you can go to catch your breath amid your hectic schedule.
-
Echols: Colors point us to ‘something far bigger’
“Why does it feed my soul to gaze across the landscape of Shelby Farms and inhale a whole wide world of greens and blues?”
-
Conaway: Calvary’s Waffle Shop is how Memphis does Lent
The mayonnaise is richer than Elon Musk.
-