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    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.”

    By Candace Echols March 24, 2024
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    Bailey: A mystery solved, but it took almost 40 years and new techniques

    The body of a woman found in Olive Branch almost 40 years ago has finally been identified. But the question remains: Was she the victim of a serial killer?

    By Clay Bailey March 22, 2024
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    Conaway: Rep. White, Sen. Taylor, leave my school alone

    This is the same power grab of something positive, something working, something of real benefit now and in the future from the largest and neediest public system in the state to further separate it and isolate it.

    By Dan Conaway March 22, 2024
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    Calkins: Why one man has walked all over Memphis — and will do it again Thursday

    Every March 21, Josh Greer walks all over Memphis from daybreak to dusk. Here’s why he does it and what we can learn from his annual trek.

    By Geoff Calkins March 20, 2024
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    Sanford: Rittenhouse is no hero. But let him speak

    Otis Sanford says that Kyle Rittenhouse’s only major accomplishment is that he escaped criminal accountability for taking an unarmed person’s life through needless gun violence after an unnecessary encounter. 

    By Otis Sanford March 19, 2024
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    Calkins: Memphis basketball was left out of Selection Sunday. It better not happen again.

    “Memphis basketball was left out again on Selection Sunday. It better not happen next year. Not if Memphis basketball is going to continue to be a dominant force in this city — or if Penny Hardaway is going to continue as the head coach.”

    By Geoff Calkins March 17, 2024
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    Narcisse: Guns to Gardens is something everybody can get behind

    “I was under no illusions that this one event would stem the tide of gun-related violence in our city, but I showed up to move the needle on an issue that touches each of us.”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse March 17, 2024
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    Hutchinson: Be wary of get-rich-quick schemes

    Even if you’ve determined a business opportunity is legitimate, be sure it’s right for you. Ask what you’d be selling or doing, how shoppers would find you, what your expenses would be and when you could expect to turn a profit.

    By Randy Hutchinson March 16, 2024
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    Guest Column: Local school districts need state funding for special education

    “You can imagine our disappointment when there is $140 million allocated in the budget by Governor Bill Lee for private school vouchers, but none for state and federally mandated Early Childhood Special Education. How can that possibly be?”

    By Brian Curry March 15, 2024
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    Conaway: In the end, there’s honey

    All across Memphis, like the hives of Thistle & Bee, people are hard at work to bring fellow Memphians back from the ravages of poverty, abuse, neglect and the companions of those conditions — crime, addiction and exploitation.

    By Dan Conaway March 15, 2024
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    Guest Column: In memory of Jerome Makowsky

    “Sometimes in our race to the finish line, to complete the demands of the day, we forget to stop for a moment to appreciate the folks who spent a lifetime before us trying to make Memphis the place where we want to live.”

    By Susan Adler Thorp March 14, 2024
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    Calkins: She’s blind. She’s singing the anthem at the Grizz game. And she’s not to be missed.

    Skyy Jordan will be singing the national anthem before the Grizzlies game Wednesday night. Unlike the anthem singers that preceded her, Skyy is completely blind.

    By Geoff Calkins March 13, 2024
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    Morris: We should be able to have a meal together

    In the next several weeks: Ramadan is observed until April 9; Christians celebrate Easter March 31 and Jews will celebrate Passover April 22 - 30. I pray that these holy days where we each believe God loves us in a special way can open our hearts to remember that God loves us all just the same.

    By G. Scott Morris March 12, 2024
  • Opinion

    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.

    By Candace Echols March 10, 2024
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    Conaway: I owe FedEx’s Richard Smith an apology and a cup of coffee

    “Rather than flex his considerable corporate muscle in objection, a very busy man carved out two hours to spend with me to talk about something we both love. This city.”

    By Dan Conaway March 08, 2024
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    Calkins: St. Jude’s arm is coming to Memphis. Maybe it’s just in time.

    The arm of St. Jude is coming to Memphis Saturday. Here’s everything you need to know — about the relic, about St. Jude himself and about why it matters, especially, in this town. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 07, 2024
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    Herrington: With 200 wins, Grizzlies coach is closing in on a franchise record

    On Monday night in Brooklyn, New York, Taylor Jenkins went where only one other Memphis Grizzlies coach has gone before: to a 200th regular-season win.

    Related story:

    Grizzlies’ Derrick Rose, Ziaire Williams both out for several weeks

    By Chris Herrington March 05, 2024
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    Sanford: In lackluster Super Tuesday, Haley continues to stumble over race

    Welcome to arguably the most uninteresting Super Tuesday presidential primary since Tennessee first joined the big day of voting in the late 1980s.

    By Otis Sanford March 05, 2024
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: How to fix the city’s gang problem? Here’s an idea even better than a truce

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young met with gang members last week and asked for a “truce.” But you know what’s better than a truce? Giving kids an alternative to joining gangs in the first place. That’s where Memphis Rox comes in. And it could use your support.

    By Geoff Calkins March 22, 2024
  • Opinion

    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?”

    By Candace Echols March 03, 2024
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    Morris: ‘We pay the cost’ of diseases we ignore

    “Currently 7,000 people in Memphis are known to be HIV-positive. We think almost 1 million people in America have HIV... which means a lot of people are exposed to HIV and don’t have a clue.”

    By G. Scott Morris March 03, 2024
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    Conaway: Calvary’s Waffle Shop is how Memphis does Lent

    The mayonnaise is richer than Elon Musk.

    By Dan Conaway March 01, 2024
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    Martin: These Tigers still want you to believe, so do you?

    Wouldn’t it be nice if the Tigers went into conference tournament week on a winning streak continuing Thursday at East Carolina? Wouldn’t it feel like all things are possible? This season can be salvaged.

    By John Martin February 29, 2024
  • Guest Columnists

    Gibbons: Tackle crime by fixing what’s broken

    The president of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission says we need to change the juvenile justice system’s arbitrary 19th birthday cutoff and use public safety as the overriding factor in bail decisions. 

    By Bill Gibbons March 08, 2024
  • Opinion

    Guest Column: Cultivating a brighter future through education

    “As the first-generation male to graduate college in my family, I understand firsthand the transformative power of education. It’s about exposure and opportunity. Education allows individuals to lift themselves and others.”

    By Antonio Burt February 25, 2024

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