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  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Police residency issue is the key to recruitment, retention

    Opinion: Loosening the residency requirement for both the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is not the sole answer to the law enforcement shortage, but it is a needed and effective tool in recruitment and retention efforts.

    By Bill Gibbons February 19, 2022
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Hello, it’s ... who?

    “I used to think that everyone past a certain age — maybe 15 — should be required to wear a name tag, introduce themselves when they see you including maiden names and nicknames, and be arrested for stealth name calling if they sneak up on you.”

    By Dan Conaway February 18, 2022
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Despite state law, accurate teaching of racial history is alive and well

    “ ... imagine my delight when I learned this week that Memphis-Shelby County Schools and one of its top schools academically — White Station High — intend to press ahead with an even deeper dive into the accurate history of the African American experience in this country.”

    By Otis Sanford February 17, 2022
  • Opinion

    Guest Column: How to check out a contractor before hiring one

    “Be cautious dealing with someone who knocks on your door offering to help repair damage after a storm, including removing trees or limbs.”

    By Randy Hutchinson February 16, 2022
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Discovering a ‘hidden gem’ of Memphis’ musical past

    “A few years back, Jem Cohen, who co-owns Fond Object shop, indulged me when I asked him to play an interesting-looking record that caught my eye in one of his bins.”

    By Pat Sansone February 15, 2022
  • Education

    Guest column: Proposed bill to outlaw ranked choice voting disrespects voters

    “RCV makes elections fairer, faster, easier and cheaper, reducing barriers to participation by allowing voters to go to the polls just once rather than having to come back a second time for a runoff election” but the Tennessee Legislature is considering a bill that would outlaw it.

    By Earle J. Fisher, Mike Carpenter February 14, 2022
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Stormy weather, thousands of miles away, but never far from home

    After a harrowing flight to Minnesota, a young adman learns three important lessons, one of which is you’re never very far from Memphis.

    By Dan Conaway February 11, 2022
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: Focus on the good of social media

    When teens learn to deal positively with the challenges of social media, they build emotional awareness and intelligence and become more resilient.

    By Guest Op-Ed February 10, 2022
  • Opinion

    Guest column: County mayor, state senator call for rehiring of Starbucks employees

    “We write to protest a recent employment action by your company which interferes with a movement potentially beneficial to our community,” say TN officials in letter to Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson.

    By Guest Op-Ed February 09, 2022
  • Sound Bites

    Listen to Chris and Jennifer talk about their five favorite pizzas in town

    This week, Chris Herrington and Jennifer Biggs discuss the best pizzas in Memphis, and while their lists match up a little, they also differ.

    By Jennifer Biggs February 09, 2022
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Sanford column ignorant and divisive

    “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.

    By Letters to the Editor February 07, 2022
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: What if we lived believing God loved us?

    Scott Morris: “What if more of us could truly believe God loves us in the peace-giving way of my patient all those years ago? How would we approach the complexity of an ongoing pandemic and other dangers life gives us?”

    By G. Scott Morris February 06, 2022
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Sanford needs to rely on science, not anecdotes

    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.

    By Letters to the Editor February 05, 2022
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: A COVID trip with an old friend

    “Pete Bale called. Out of the blue. Probably a decade since we talked. It took about 10 seconds before we were laughing, since we remembered the sound of that, of each other.”

    By Dan Conaway February 04, 2022
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Wearing a mask in Shelby County is a matter of black and white

    “Every time I step inside FedExForum for a Grizzlies game and make my way through the crowd to my seat, the anecdotal evidence about how people view COVID-19 differently is on clear display,” Sanford says.

    By Otis Sanford February 03, 2022
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: How local business leaders can help with the crime crisis

    In addition to continuing creating jobs for Memphians, what can Memphis business leaders do to help so that everyone feels safer in their communities?

    By Richard Greenwald February 02, 2022
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: The time has come for a Black woman on the Supreme Court

    Black women have contributed mightily to the growth of this country since its beginning. And it’s high time that one of them represent what should be a more diverse makeup of the nation’s highest court.

    By Otis Sanford January 28, 2022
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: A cold death in a warm city

    “We failed Eric Dale Martin, we lost some of ourselves on that sidewalk, and we must mourn the loss,” says Dan Conaway.

    By Dan Conaway January 31, 2022
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: How to stop reckless driving? Tinkering with current laws may not be answer

    “I think more should be done to stop drag racing on city streets and interstates. That includes giving police the freedom to chase dangerous motorists – with the proper safeguards in place, of course, to prevent others from being hurt.”

    By Otis Sanford January 27, 2022
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Sanford too harsh on Blackburn

    “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.”

    By Letters to the Editor February 04, 2022
  • Opinion

    Guest column: The future of Greenlaw and Uptown should be guided by the community’s plan

    “We strongly fear that if current plans are approved as-is, the character of our neighborhood would be injured, and its future put in question.”

    By Rychetta Watkins, PhD , Andre Jones January 25, 2022
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Don’t ever count out Penny Hardaway. Not when a whole town is in love.

    There’s a reason Penny Hardaway still has a good chance to become a successful coach at Memphis. That reason is love.

    By Geoff Calkins January 22, 2022
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: I don’t like her much, but she’s still my big sister

    “My Tennessee sister Nashville is becoming a Disney World of cities, the reality of it is the fantasy, the place of it is the imitation.”

    By Dan Conaway January 22, 2022
  • Premium Guest Columnists

    Guest column: Dallas synagogue attack shows nothing subtle about antisemitism

    “I know we all stand and cheer for Rabbi Charlie and his courage. But unless we stand up and shout down every unkind word directed toward Jews when we first hear it, we let the next act of violence on Jews begin to take root.”

    By G. Scott Morris January 20, 2022
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Blackburn proves she can be queen of mean

    Sen. Marsha Blackburn employed an unmistakably racist dog whistle in casting Andre Mathis as a criminal who cannot be trusted to sit as an appellate court judge.

    By Otis Sanford January 20, 2022

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