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Opinion: Rising health care costs will be breaking point for many Memphians

“Sometime next year, unless Congress changes course, health insurance is going to become a lot more expensive for hundreds of thousands of people in Tennessee.”

By G. Scott Morris December 07, 2025
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Calkins: Huff won the press conference in a rout. Can championships be far behind?

Charles Huff knows the assignment at Memphis. It’s to win championships and, by doing that, to help change the trajectory of the community.

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Charles Huff looks to ‘close the gap’ as Memphis football coach

By Geoff Calkins December 11, 2025
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Martin: Memphis and Louisville are no longer rivals. That has to change.

The goal for Memphis has to be to elevate the status of its athletic programs so that it can credibly say that it’s a peer of Louisville’s once again.

By John Martin 22 hours ago
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Opinion: The good parts of social media

“Growing up, many adults in school and in church impressed upon us ‘character counts.’ Today, I wonder if the messages of character, kindness and respect resonate.”

By Erica May 2 hours ago

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: We don’t need military occupation. We need poverty eradication.
Letter to the Editor: Hiring Feagins was ‘magnificient’
Letter to the Editor: ‘I’ve never experienced concierge-level service’ for trash in Memphis
Letter to the Editor: Conaway’s COVID column included too much scolding
Letter to the Editor: Elected officials should join business leaders on crime
Letter to the Editor: Council members should be ashamed over pay and benefits votes
Letter to the Editor: TDOT needs to realize that ‘neighborhoods are not static’
Letter to the Editor: City Council should wait before raising the mayor’s salary
Letter to the Editor: Three 6 Mafia song a ‘bridge between the past and the present’

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    Opinion: FTC busts another get-rich-quick scheme

    Click Profit advertised that its business opportunity was “safe, secure, and proven to generate wealth” that would outperform traditional investments.

    By Randy Hutchinson 2 hours ago
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    Herrington: The 2024 draft was supposed to be terrible. It was great for the Grizzlies.

    “The Grizzlies have been playing their basketball of late, and the three players leading the way have something unlikely in common.”

    By Chris Herrington December 08, 2025
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    Calkins: Is Charles Huff a wow hire at Memphis? He sure has a wow resume.

    “There’s no way to know if Charles Huff will win championships at Memphis. But the guy has every possible credential you could want.”

    By Geoff Calkins December 08, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Echols: Thinking about what’s behind our thinking

    “Once you take a thought captive and lock it up tight, you must replace it with another thought. Very few of us are able to sit quietly with nothing at all going on up top.”

    By Candace Echols December 07, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Why is the City of Memphis treating loans as grants?

    “We hear so much about the need for transparency in government; this might be a good and easy place to start. It all boils down to the people’s trust in their government.”

    By Susan Adler Thorp December 06, 2025
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    Herrington: Zach Edey’s return has changed the Grizzlies. How do they take the next step?

    With Zach Edey’s return, the Memphis Grizzlies have overcome backcourt injuries to win with power. It’s not quite what head coach Tuomas Iisalo envisioned. 

    By Chris Herrington December 01, 2025
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    Echols: ‘Discovering what we are called to be’

    “How can I do this life well? What is it that you can pass on to me so that I will not have to relearn the same lessons at the expense of my own heart, mind, body and relationships?”

    By Candace Echols November 30, 2025
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Jackson, Edey lead big comeback in Grizzlies win over Clippers

    The Grizzlies pulled away with a 10-2 run in the fourth quarter with Jaren Jackson Jr. and Zach Edey on the bench. But it was those two players who brought home the win.

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    Grizzlies clip Clippers, but fall out of NBA Cup contention

    Box score: Grizzlies 112, Clippers 107

    By Chris Herrington November 30, 2025
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    Opinion: Even now, there’s much to be thankful for

    Gratitude is what steadies us when the ground shifts. It reminds us that even when hope feels hard to hold, love hasn’t left the room.

    By G. Scott Morris November 30, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: ‘The moral obligation to extend hospitality to the migrant and the stranger’

    “Regardless of political affiliation or denomination, Christian people must speak clearly and with one voice that such treatment of the immigrant or cultural outsider in our midst is immoral and in direct opposition to the way of Jesus.”

    By Scott Walters December 06, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: It was just an unfinished knitting project. Here’s why it brought them to tears.

    At West Cancer Center, a knitting group finishes the projects of those who have died. Here’s the story of one of those projects. It’s a reminder of the good in the world.

    By Geoff Calkins November 27, 2025
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    Opinion: Embracing the best moment of life

    “May this Thanksgiving week awaken the power within each of us to give and receive thanks, to uncloud our minds from the unnecessary things and embrace the best moment of life.”

    By Micah Greenstein November 23, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Protecting public safety from digital manipulation

    “The internet isn’t just a separate world we visit; it is now an inseparable part of our streets, schools and homes. The ultimate safety app is awareness.”

    By Erica May November 22, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Martin: The last time Memphis basketball was 1-4? You don’t want to know.

    You could almost start to see the vision of the rest of the season. Sure, it was a really bad loss to UNLV. But Memphis would escape the Bahamas with a 1-1 record, the team is playing hard, and players are settling into roles. But it all came undone. Slowly, then all at once.

    By John Martin November 28, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: Five takes on the Grizzlies ending a five-game losing streak

    Zach Edey’s bully ball, GG Jackson II playing better than his box score and more observations on the Memphis Grizzlies’ blowout win over Sacramento. 

    By Chris Herrington November 22, 2025
  • Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Martin: Memphis takes No. 1 Purdue to the brink. That’s more like it.

    CBS Sports analyst Emeka Okafor called the gutty win for Purdue “championship vitamins.” But the truth is that even a close loss like this one — to the top dog in the sport — will make Memphis fans feel a whole lot better.

    By John Martin November 22, 2025
  • Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Martin: As Memphis tries to knock off nation’s No. 1, we have questions

    The Memphis basketball season may be off to a tepid start, but I’ve got five burning questions as the Tigers prepare to play No. 1-ranked Purdue in the Bahamas.

    By John Martin November 21, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: She worked on the Titanic and the Saturn 5 rocket. Can she help save Mud Island? We can hope.

    Jee Vahn Knight believes an immersive adventure can make Mud Island a destination once again. Crazy? No crazier than the journey that brought Vahn Knight to Memphis in the first place. 

    By Geoff Calkins November 22, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: The worst week ever in Memphis sports? Of course not. But it sure feels that way.

    The Memphis Tiger football team, the Memphis Tiger basketball team and the Memphis Grizzlies are all disasters, in their own way. But which disaster is worst?

    By Geoff Calkins November 17, 2025
  • Opinion

    Opinion: TVA should finish the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant

    “Our low energy costs, abundant land, strong distribution network, and leadership in advanced manufacturing give Memphis a competitive edge. But we’ll only keep that edge if we expand generation capacity now.”

    By Chris Grayson November 16, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The high price of the social media highlight reel

    “I am a proponent of the Shelby County’s school board’s decision to ban phones from school and wish it would have been done sooner.”

    By Erica May November 21, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Novella Smith Arnold Cromer built a beloved community in Memphis

    “In a world of widespread division, racial profiling, and individual, systemic, and institutional racism, Novella ignored all the social constructs that divided neighbors from one another.”

    By Jim Bailey November 15, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: What Mauricio Calvo wants you to understand about ICE, Memphis and what people of conscience can do

    Mauricio Calvo, the president and CEO of Latino Memphis, says that the arrival of ICE hasn’t just hurt his community. It threatens to turn Memphis into a “ghost town.”

    By Geoff Calkins November 17, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Rep. Cohen says flight reduction sparks outcry and frustrations

    “I am frustrated on behalf of my constituents, whose flights to or from Memphis may be canceled or delayed, effecting untold numbers of business meetings, family gatherings, and vacations.”

    By Steve Cohen November 10, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: As Grizzlies drama passes, spotlight shifts to coach Tuomas Iisalo

    After a few days of crashing out, the back-to-normal Grizzlies hit the road, with plenty to evaluate, on the sidelines and on the floor. 

    By Chris Herrington November 10, 2025

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