Hutchinson: Beware of these lending scams
A Florida woman claimed to have more than 10 years of experience in grant writing. In reality, her last known employment was at a Krystal, and she was on probation for stealing cash deposits from it.
Topic: opinion
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November 2024
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Narcisse: The art of letting go
“When patients meet with me on the edge of or amid crisis, my job is to help them to see that among the broken pieces, something remains. Often, that is the choice to let go.”
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Echols: What to do about the election
“Seventy-two hours from now, everybody will be in the same boat: The votes will have been cast, and once the votes have been counted, we’ll all know who won. And ... we will all know who lost.”
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Morris: Our local needs outweigh our national desires
“It isn’t new for bitterness and meanness to enter into American politics. It existed even from people we consider to be the founders of the nation.”
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October 2024
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Hutchinson: Businesses beware of government-impersonation scams
The Better Business Bureau warns businesses and nonprofits to be wary of emails with anything other than .gov in the address.
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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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Guest Column: Safe streets put pedestrians first — not cars
“My son was just walking to a friend’s house, doing what millions of children do every day. He had his whole life ahead of him. That life was stolen from him.”
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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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Echols: ‘Motherhood, it seems, is falling out of fashion’
“Women of childbearing age are becoming more and more likely to kick parenthood to the curb. And who can blame them? There’s a government-issued health warning about it.”
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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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