“There will be much to unsettle us in the days to come. Clandestine raids on small businesses in our community. Vulnerable neighbors who become prisoners in their own home.”

“Holding God’s transcendence and his immanence in view at the same time will not make me perfect, but it will change how I handle my own wrongdoing, as well as how I love God and others...”

“I have come to conclude is that school voucher programs nationwide are not necessary and create far more problems than they solve.”

Even as national trends indicate a decline in volunteerism, Memphis continues to foster a strong culture of civic engagement.

Dan Conaway writes, “We’ve been chosen as the test market for a new men’s cologne just in time for Valentine’s Day: Elon Musk.”

“One viable option is to merge the proposed Regional One Medical Center with Methodist University Hospital, to form a single, well-resourced University Medical Center.”

In this first installment of the Mid-Season Mailbag, Herrington takes questions on the trade deadline, the post-deadline Western Conference landscape and the team’s core stars. 

“It’s the responsibility of administrators, teachers, parents and elected officials like myself to ensure children in Shelby County are receiving the high-quality education they deserve.”

“My underlying hope is that when I do A and B, the promised C will result. But you only have to live a little while to learn that’s not the way life works.”

“The morning brings a new day, like the one before never happened, but like all the days before, what happened is baked in old slave-made brick, and immigrant-laid stone, and preserved.”

Was the draft-pick cost of the deal and the short-term risk of sapping the team’s depth and experience worth whatever flexibility is gained next summer? 

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Ninety-four-year-old Thelma Scott gave up her season ticket this year. But give up on her Tigers? Not a chance. The university gave her a life she couldn’t have imagined. And it is still giving her friends.

“These days I spend a lot of time thinking about President Donald Trump’s pledge to deport between 11 million and 20 million people.”

“There is an urgent need to address the aging housing stock and fund new development across the city that can accommodate people where they live and work.” 

“Now what we have is chaos on steroids. The board is seen as a laughingstock, except no one is laughing.”

A single loss has to be pretty bad to wipe away the good vibes of a six-game winning streak.

Memphis athletic director Ed Scott has been on the job for a tumultuous, wrenching but ultimately triumphant six months. In that time, Scott has seen enough to believe Memphis can be “a Top 25 athletic program in America.” Now he needs others to believe it, too.

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Nick Walker, the Memphis parks director, is leaving for North Carolina. He has some thoughts before he goes about why he loves the city, what bothers him about Memphians and what he’d like to see change.

“We sometimes forget how the unique perspective of children, particularly babies and toddlers, can foster our own faith.”

“Whether its nature or people that speak to us most clearly when we travel, taking in a new place with fresh gusto and does our hearts’ good. “

“Every vote for vouchers takes tax money, your money, from already underfunded public schools and gives it to private schools.”

T.K. Tanner just turned 102. He’s got stories you won’t believe. And, yes, I asked him the secret to a long life. It’s not what you might think.