“On the rare occasion it has two working elevators, I feel so thankful.”

A subscriber says, “There are those of us who love our (Memphis Symphony Orchestra) musicians just as much as people love our great sports teams!” 

“Saying that white people are responsible for COVID lingering is untrue and once again an aim to racially divide,” letter writer Jane Maners says of Otis Sanford’s column.

Letter to the editor: Otis Sanford’s words not only drive a wedge within the already too-segregated Memphis community, but also present a scientifically lacking perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic.

“In Otis Sanford’s opinion column, ‘Blackburn proves she can be queen of mean,’ he gets a little bit too carried away in criticizing Sen. Marsha Blackburn.”

Opinion: ‘By stripping the Tennessee Department of Health of its vaccine outreach to youths, state lawmakers have also robbed the people of Tennessee of their own autonomy in health care decision-making.’

I ask you to join me in urging our government to save his life, the lives of his family, and the lives of almost 18,000 Afghans and their families who trusted us.

‘I’m not opposed to funding social programs, but let’s do it without pretending there’s morality in extracting money from people this way.’

One of the principal components of crude oil is benzene. It takes very little benzene to make a vast quantity of water completely undrinkable.

The Daily Memphian bills this as an opinion piece, and the author makes efforts to endear himself to us as a local, but this is not an opinion piece by a local. It is astroturfing by the oil industry.

Regarding Memphis solid waste collection, a letter writer says she would drop city services ‘like a hot potato' if other options for garbage pickup were available for citizens in Cordova.

Letters today discuss gun violence and the dilemma nonprofits face thanks to the pandemic.

The coming summer months will be vital for our young people as we aim to make up for the learning opportunities they lost, while combating increased rates of hunger and food insecurity.

Addressing gun violence as a true epidemic means we create a public health framework around the safety of youth.

House Bill 705 and Senate Bill 1047 serve to protect the tobacco industry’s financial interests and stop our ability to take local action to protect our youth.

The intent of the law is not about concern for struggling single mothers, but a means of unfairly denying the right to vote to thousands of Tennesseans.

‘In this climate of higher crime and well-publicized and random mass shootings across America, why would our legislators choose to ignore the will of the people and loosen gun laws?’ 

‘I recently received a new appraisal that did not reflect the fact that my property was flooded at all. On top of this unfair/unwarranted rate, we have been informed that re-assessments will take place more often in the future to account for growing property values.’

“ ‘Zero emission’ is a misnomer. Electric vehicles must be recharged regularly using electricity generated by power plants.”

Without the comment section, it is a one-way narrative of the writer, who almost always leaves out questions that need to be answered. 

‘While we have lived for a year with one type of fear and anxiety, we cannot let the COVID-19 virus stoke fear in the other.’

Paul Thomas says holding back third-graders can create long-lasting problems, and another letter writer, Duffy-Marie Arnoult, says we must protect the Memphis Sands Aquifer.

We bottled our water and sent it to Flint residents to help with their water contamination crisis, so why would we consider endangering our Memphis Sands Aquifer?

“Tennessee must not fall prey to trendy political gimmicks that harm children and do not address the needs of those children learning to read.”