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Topic: opinion
RSSThere are 211 article(s) tagged opinion:
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October 2024
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Echols: When you don’t know whether or not to stay in Memphis
“What happens in a Memphis marriage if one spouse is committed to staying in this city, but the other spouse is worn out by all that has happened and all they want to do is go?”
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Greenstein: ‘Being in the moment’
“Most of us emphasize learning from the past or planning for the future. Unfortunately, this often leads to living in the past and agonizing about the future.”
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Sanford: Deception and poor taste are hallmarks of 2024 political campaigns
In today’s political climate, honesty and good taste are in short supply.
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Morris: Spiritual problems require spiritual solutions
“Studies have shown as many as 50% of the matters brought to primary-care physicians have no basis in a problem that any pharmaceutical can help.”
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Opinion: Memphis Police Department culture is on trial in Tyre Nichols case
“We may make our choices alone, but we share the consequences with others. The actions of these officers have impacted multiple families, a police department, a city and a profession.”
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Letter to the Editor: Hiring Feagins was ‘magnificient’
“I would argue the opinion of an ousted and soured former chair should not be considered by any reader or current board member when assessing Marie Feagins’ hire and performance.”
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September 2024
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Opinion: ‘MATA overextended itself,’ board chair says
“Great cities are intentional and not accidental. Currently, the Memphis Area Transit Authority does not have adequate funding to deliver the service our riders need and deserve.”
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Narcisse: ‘Let’s grab a cup of coffee’
“Let’s bring the conflict of the comments section into a community that learns how to wrestle together, not to be right but to be helped.”
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Conaway: This time, The Citadel saluted
This is about effort against odds, the measure being the effort itself, never accepting that there’s no sense in trying, never giving anything less than your best, knowing the measure of you is you.
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Conaway: Finally agreed — the boys can write
After my oldest brother died, my other brother and I began really talking and laughing.
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Morris: 15 things that still make Church Health special
Scott Morris listed 15 points that his younger self believed were important in how he went about doing my work and matters he believed were important in life.
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Opinion: Why is it so difficult to change our gun culture?
“A clear majority of Republicans, Democrats, independents and gun owners say they want ... common-sense gun laws.”
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August 2024
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Greenstein: Xenophobic slander has become normalized
“There is not enough room in one country to house (all) the ... human beings living on this planet. However, there are humane and inhumane ways to find solutions and address the most vulnerable members of society.”
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Echols: Candace asks readers to share their stories
“Paying attention to the world around you and then flapping your lips about it ... starts to feel decidedly one-sided after a while, a bit like talking to yourself out loud for the whole city to hear.”
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Opinion: Arguments about justice system ‘shouldn’t be a competition’
A longtime former prosecutor argues improvements in bail setting “has more to do with good advocacy on the part of local prosecutors, good decisions by local judges and less to do with changes in the law.”
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Narcisse: ‘How can you continue to believe ... there is a God?’
“On Thursday, May 23, my wife, Kayana Reñeé Marks Narcisse, died. She was 32 years old.”
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Opinion: It’s time to talk about removing DA Mulroy
“It is time for us to talk about whether our DA has the philosophical beliefs and tenacity to help us solve our crime challenge.”
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July 2024
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Sanford: ‘Discriminatory, exclusionary ignorance’ is Republican DEI
An East Tennessee congressman’s rant is now becoming the blueprint for Republican attacks on Kamala Harris’ freshly minted, but so far galvanizing, presidential campaign.
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Conaway: Scratches don’t define life; they define experience
I had no idea my car had that many scratches. Then I remembered the mounting and unmounting of the luggage carrier for trips to the beach and trips here and there.
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Guest Column: Tennessee is successful when Memphis leads
“Without question, Memphis is a great city. Now, one of the world’s richest men wants to join us. We welcome and celebrate his investment, but aren’t surprised.”
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Echols: ‘Burning Bushes Everywhere’
“For several years, I’ve been struggling to pray. For one thing, it’s hard not to get distracted. Thoughts fire this way and that, like ricocheting pinballs.”
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Conaway: ‘I Want You’ is still a message for today
In this election, you can save this country from four years of chaos, from power used for revenge and from power used to pardon the guilty and convict the innocent.
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June 2024
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Conaway: Musk and possibly the most pertinent opinions
If the world’s richest man was going to build his “gigafactory of compute” in Atlanta or Nashville, they’d be blowing so hard, there’d be tornado watches.
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Opinion: Let Memphis choose its own leadership
“It is obvious to me our state government does not care about the residents of Memphis unless ... Republican politicians can use our city as a breeding ground to exploit our problems.”
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