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  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: We’re not blue or red, we’re the whole box of crayons

    Only 24% of Americans identify as Republican... Only 30% identify as Democrat... Yet we allow ourselves to let those two parties label all of us as if we were one or the other.

    By Dan Conaway August 06, 2021
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: 44 years after ‘Roots,’ we still can’t handle the truth about racism and slavery

    It remains unclear how far teachers can go in discussing how racial injustice in the past impacts our society today. Republican lawmakers say that discussion is off limits. I say it is necessary.

    By Otis Sanford August 05, 2021
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Bryson DeChambeau is unvaccinated, unrepentant — and delusional

    Isn’t Bryson DeChambeau supposed to be smart? Then why is it, when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, he sounds like such a dummy? 

    By Geoff Calkins August 04, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Third bridge at Memphis essential for country

    ‘I would like to make clear that the initial phases for moving this project from a dream to eventual completion are in the hands of Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Transportation.’

    By Steve Cohen August 02, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Set expectations for being better together

    Setting an expectation that attempts to find shared culture and values makes it possible to achieve more than if individual agendas drive each person’s actions.

    By G. Scott Morris August 01, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: My bucket list – keep breathing. And other deep thoughts

    ‘You guys not only care about what I have to say, some of you have colorful suggestions about how I might spend my time and places I might go to spend it.’

    By Dan Conaway July 30, 2021
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: New Health Department director weathered unnecessary political storm

    Otis Sanford says the dispute between Mayor Lee Harris and County Commissioner Mark Billingsley seems to portend the year ahead for politics in Shelby County.

    By Otis Sanford July 29, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Our nation, not just Tenn. and Ark., needs a new bridge

    ‘Memphis doesn’t just move the world through its music — although Memphis is mentioned in songs more than any other city in the world. Memphis is indispensable when it comes to transportation, logistics and distribution, moving products around the world as an integral cog in the global supply chain.’

    By Beverly C. Robertson July 25, 2021
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Why Memphis needs the Big 12 to die

    ‘Memphis deserves better than to be fretting about conference realignment again. It needs the Big 12 to implode once and for all.’

    By Geoff Calkins July 23, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: State of Tennessee’s in a state of denial

    Just when we’re coming up for air from the plague, the plague that is our Tennessee Legislature and governor have proved – again – that they’re still smothering in stupidity.

    By Dan Conaway July 23, 2021
  • Otis Sanford

    Opinion: End is near for Nathan Bedford Forrest bust at Capitol

    Forrest believed that the worth of Black people was only as laborers, nothing more.

    By Otis Sanford July 22, 2021
  • Premium Elections

    Opinion: New voting system ensures local elections’ integrity

    ‘One of the greatest assets of ballot-marking devices is that ambiguous or indeterminate marks frequently made by voters when marking ballots by hand are completely eliminated,’ says Brent Taylor.

    By Brent Taylor July 20, 2021
  • Financial Services

    Opinion: Businesses should beware of predatory lenders

    Some companies may have a short-term cash flow crunch that makes them vulnerable to deceptive lending practices.

    By Randy Hutchinson July 19, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Medical students respond to TN ceasing vaccination outreach

    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.’

    By Letters to the Editor July 18, 2021
  • Transportation & Logistics

    Opinion: Cost of shipping may be approaching a tipping point

    Until importers can no longer pay the astronomical rates of our industry, rates will unfortunately continue to rise.

    By Gene Key July 16, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: We need the sharpest pencils in the drawer

    It seems past president Trump has some tax problems. I can relate.

    By Dan Conaway July 16, 2021
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Opinion: A fitting tribute to Ida B. Wells is an end to senseless violence

    Otis Sanford: ‘I am calling on all Memphians to honor Wells this week and beyond by committing to help forge a more peaceful city. Deadly gun violence does not have to be just the way it is in the big city.’

    By Otis Sanford July 17, 2021
  • Dan Conaway

    Opinion: ‘Community TIF’ plan has been inclusive

    The formation of the Soulsville USA Neighborhoods Development District was not an overnight creation but was and is, a culmination of years of hard work, planning and community engagement at the grassroots level.

    By Jeffrey T. Higgs July 09, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: And yet, I love my city

    ‘Outside is as hot as the seventh circle of hell because it’s Memphis in summer. And yet, I stay. I’m home. My memories are in the grid and grit of this place, on this river, in these people, those here and those deep in my bones.’

    By Dan Conaway July 09, 2021
  • Otis Sanford

    Mississippi congressman right choice to lead insurrection committee

    Thompson is not taking on this assignment as a neutral fact-finder. He does not have to be. The House is not a court of law and committee members are not unbiased jurors.

    By Otis Sanford July 08, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: HIV is a public health issue and not a criminal one

    People living with HIV are being arrested and prosecuted for HIV non-disclosure when HIV transmission did not occur or was extremely unlikely to occur.

    By Robin Lennon-Dearing July 08, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Journey across the country this summer with St. Jude

    In telling stories of St. Jude, we’re telling stories of Memphis, our home, the place Danny Thomas chose to realize his dream.

    By Richard C. Shadyac Jr. July 07, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The impact of COVID-19 on faith is a mixed bag

    Dr. Scott Morris: The good news is that according to the Pew Research Center, almost 3 in 10 Americans say that their faith in God increased during the pandemic.

    By G. Scott Morris July 06, 2021
  • Opinion

    Opinion: Reporters and readers have a shared responsibility to pursue truth

    Don Wade: ‘It’s on the journalist to never assume the facts. ... And it’s on you, the news consumer, to hold journalists accountable. But yourself, too. Just because you read it, saw it, or heard it — perhaps in a literal click or snap — does not guarantee that you can treat the information as fact.’

    By Don Wade July 05, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Comment is free, but facts are sacred

    ‘Last week, The Daily Memphian published an op-ed centered around the author’s decision to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine based on personal choice. Other readers and I raised significant concerns and called for the article to be removed. But The Daily Memphian, as is its right, stood by the decision to publish and retain it.’

    By Mark Brimble July 04, 2021

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