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    Opinion: Dorothy, this isn’t Arlington anymore

    With a short drive time to the proposed Ford Motor Co. campus, suburbs like Arlington and Lakeland are at a crossroads of how to address possible growth.

    By Clay Bailey September 30, 2021
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    Sanford: For Gov. Lee, landing a Ford assembly plant makes his reelection a cinch

    The man just brought a Ford assembly plant to the state with more jobs than anyone in this region could have imagined. How can his potential challengers, Republican or Democrat, top that?

    By Otis Sanford September 30, 2021
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    Opinion: Reduce recidivism by expanding inmate mental health care

    It is our duty to craft a comprehensive set of requirements that addresses reform and rehabilitation; our failure to do so is a financial and public safety risk to our community.

    By Van D. Turner Jr. September 28, 2021
  • Neighborhoods

    Letters to the Editor: Bill would lower costs for supermarkets in food deserts

    Passing this bill would help bring food, jobs and economic opportunities to Binghampton and to the 20 million people around the country who lack access to fresh food.

    By Letters to the Editor September 27, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The commitment, compassion of ‘Rabbi Micah’

    What makes Micah special, beside his gift for words, is that he understands the meaning of commitment.

    By G. Scott Morris September 26, 2021
  • Opinion

    Waters: Why I can’t part with Father V’s big Greek poster

    Father Nicholas Vieron taught his Adult Greek Class every spring from 1972 to 2019. The poster, made by his former student Barbara Austin, shows the Lord’s Prayer, handwritten in Greek.

    By David Waters September 26, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Battle of the terrible twos – the next generation

    Nora and I are no longer capable of the chase. And the chase is constant enough that the father no longer coaches the older kids but has returned to the sidelines to help the mother wrangle the 2-year-old.

    By Dan Conaway September 24, 2021
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    Sanford: Shelby’s 2020 census figures expose stagnation that must be addressed

    Shelby may still be the largest of Tennessee’s 95 counties, but it long ago lost the influence and cachet that it once enjoyed statewide.

    By Otis Sanford September 23, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Why we need a strong and independent public health service

    “To deploy truly lifesaving public health care in this pandemic requires a spirit of self-government primarily motivated by love of neighbor and a sense of personal responsibility.”

    By Jim Bailey September 21, 2021
  • Business

    Thanks to you, Daily Memphian defies odds, reaches third birthday

    The Daily Memphian has become the largest digital-only, local news site in the country. Being the biggest was never our goal. We just wanted to do all we could to provide quality local news to the Memphis area on a daily, if not hourly, basis.

    By Eric Barnes September 23, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: The Tasteful List 2021

    Memphis is blessed by its food, the abundance of creativity, diversity and tradition mixed in the same bowls, seasoned with love, soul, and imagination – and still made and served by amazing people with a smile in these, their most trying of times. 

    By Dan Conaway September 17, 2021
  • Music

    Herrington: Memphis and me on new Rolling Stone ‘500 Songs’ list

    Rolling Stone just published its latest list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” and Chris Herrington was among the voters. A look at the Memphis music that did and didn’t make the list, plus Chris’ own ballot. 

    By Chris Herrington September 17, 2021
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    Opinion: For workers’ comp change is inevitable, but not uncertainty

    One study found that the median business with more than $10,000 in monthly expenses could only survive for two weeks with the cash they had on hand.

    By Rob Recker September 16, 2021
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    Opinion: Do your research when buying home security system

    More than 6,900 people filed a complaint about home security companies in 2020, ranking them No. 32 among the thousands of types of businesses receiving complaints.

    By Randy Hutchinson September 14, 2021
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Memphis and Fred Jones get the ‘Prime Time’ event they deserve

    It’s Eddie George vs. Deion Sanders at the Liberty Bowl. Which is exactly the matchup that Fred Jones and the Southern Heritage Classic deserve.

    By Geoff Calkins September 10, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Going right back out there anyway

    What are the odds that many birds could hit my car all at once while I was going down Walnut Grove? Precision daylight bombing.

    By Dan Conaway September 10, 2021
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    Sanford: We can reclaim the unity that followed 9/11

    After the most horrific attack on American soil in our lifetime, we stood unified against a common enemy. And, despite our differences today, I believe we can do so again. 

    By Otis Sanford September 09, 2021
  • Opinion

    Opinion: A handgun holstered in view seems out of place

    A peaceful morning in a residential area seems a bit out of place for a gunman walking the streets.

    By Clay Bailey September 09, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Taking the privilege of rest

    I expected our team to come back refreshed and ready to meet new challenges. But our post-sabbatical survey told us that this time had an even deeper impact.

    By Natalie McKinney September 06, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Find those offering moral leadership amid division

    The truth is that America has never been a country where everyone just got along and lived in harmony.

    By G. Scott Morris September 05, 2021
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Is race a reason Memphis gets left out of realignment?

    At a time when diversity is supposedly valued in education, you’d think Memphis would be an important addition to the Big 12. Instead, the conference is preparing to add BYU, where just 1% of the student body is Black.

    By Geoff Calkins September 03, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: People taught, people touched, people who will remember

    If you have friends like that, you’re fortunate. If you have friends like that, especially in the time we’ve lived through and the people we’ve lost, let them know what they mean to you.

    By Dan Conaway September 03, 2021
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: COVID-19 has highlighted our many differences, but we can overcome them

    So yes, COVID has laid bare our social inequities and made our divisiveness seem irreparable. It is not.

    By Otis Sanford September 02, 2021
  • Music

    The Playlist: Artists can take projects from start to finish in Memphis

    Our desire for convenience begat streaming, but our desire for experiences never went away. It’s old meets new. Just like Memphis.

    By Elizabeth Cawein September 01, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Looking back, moving forward

    A lot of us forget that memory is selective and if we actually could go back to times we fondly remember, we would probably run from the reality we find.

    By Dan Conaway August 27, 2021

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