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  • Dan Conaway

    Opinion: Public schools are in a fight for their lives

    Government support is grudgingly given to public schools, because of legal requirements. In fact, our state has been sued to provide even that support. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see Richard Myers call for private money to help public schools. 

    By Dan Conaway May 14, 2021
  • Otis Sanford

    Opinion: Legislature’s rush to end teaching of systemic racism lacked thought and research

    Within the span of about three days, the House and Senate imposed their Caucasian-centered, conservative will on what can and cannot by taught in schools about racism’s sordid history and harmful impact.

    By Otis Sanford May 13, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Note to unvaccinated millennials: ‘You are not invincible’

    More than 95% of doctors have gotten vaccines, according to one survey. Do you think we would immediately have taken those shots when offered if we were concerned about their safety?

    By Evan Sander May 13, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: It’s a good time to focus on ‘Complete Neighborhoods’

    Neighborhoods are the places where life happens, and since the outbreak of COVID-19, they are increasingly where work happens for many of us. Does your neighborhood have everything you need? 

    By Charles Layne May 11, 2021
  • Opinion

    The things we leave out at Mother’s Day

    “Maybe most of all, my mother was a woman who loved her two boys, my brother and me, more than anything. It’s all in the obit. And it’s all entirely true. But then there are the parts that I left out.”

    By Eric Barnes May 09, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Moving Juneteenth from Church Park dishonors a Black hero

    “Redemption” cannot be obtained by moving the Juneteenth celebration from Church Park to Health Science Park.

    By Letters to the Editor May 08, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Qualified immunity for police officers must be eliminated

    “The qualified immunity privilege serves as a cloak of protection reminiscent of Jim Crow laws and as a vestige of racism that perpetuates unequal treatment before the law. It is both bad law and bad public policy.”

    By Ronnie Gipson May 07, 2021
  • Dan Conaway

    Opinion: Not vaccinated? There are plenty of shady trees at Elmwood

    While ignorance has always been preventable and COVID-19 is now preventable, nothing can prevent stupid in 100% of us. Not getting a vaccine is all about you, a selfish and self-indulgent exercise.

    By Dan Conaway May 07, 2021
  • Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Road recklessness gets real when your kid takes the wheel

    Road recklessness has been notable for more than a year, the rise perhaps coinciding with pandemic shutdowns. But it doesn’t seem to be diminishing, even as COVID restrictions ease.

    By Chris Herrington May 07, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: For Memphis, oil pipeline benefits are ‘zero,’ risks are many

    One of the principal components of crude oil is benzene. It takes very little benzene to make a vast quantity of water completely undrinkable.

    By Letters to the Editor May 06, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Two-year reappraisals is not a good idea

    If the goal of more frequent reappraisals is not a bigger pot of tax revenue, what are we trying to accomplish? Is anyone clamoring to have the county government poke into their property value more often?

    By Daniel Chatham May 06, 2021
  • Arts & Culture

    Modern-day treasure hunt: elusive packs of baseball cards

    Baseball cards are becoming as hard to find as Lysol and hand sanitizer in the pandemic’s early days. A search at the old stores can lead to frustration.

    By Clay Bailey May 05, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Consumer Energy Alliance is ‘astroturfing’

    The Daily Memphian bills this as an opinion piece, and the author makes efforts to endear himself to us as a local, but this is not an opinion piece by a local. It is astroturfing by the oil industry.

    By Letters to the Editor May 05, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Breweries, distilleries unite to oppose proposed pipeline

    As brewers based in Memphis, we have a very deep appreciation for our community’s water quality.

    By Memphis brewers and distillers May 04, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Misguided ordinance will hurt Memphians, create more problems

    Measure proposes creating a board with the power to make it difficult to approve any new construction of infrastructure like pipelines within Memphis.

    By Brydon Ross May 04, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Memphis should invest in blighted housing

    Blighted properties cost the city, rather than bringing in tax revenue. The city pays dearly for police, fire, board-up, lot clearing and other services required for abandoned properties.

    By Steve Lockwood May 04, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Pipeline could threaten our clean drinking water

    ‘I now understand the science of groundwater aquifers and the complex of laws and regulations that keep an aquifer healthy,’ says geologist Deborah Baker Carington. ‘I also understand the very real risks an oil pipeline spill would pose to the region’s most precious resource, the Memphis aquifer.’

    By Deborah Baker Carington May 02, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: A friend’s death provides insight

    Lynne Turley taught music in the Memphis City Schools for 22 years. She believed that every child was musical.

    By G. Scott Morris May 02, 2021
  • Premium Business

    Opinion: Scam calls and texts on the rise

    RoboKiller predicts that scammers will design even smarter, more believable phone scams in the future. Spam calls could reach 70 billion and texts 90 billion by the end of 2021.

    By Randy Hutchinson May 01, 2021
  • Public Safety

    Sanford: Judge Harry Wellford left a legacy of leadership in politics and the law

    The judge deserves to be remembered as one of the most consequential public figures in Memphis during the second half of the 20th century, says Otis Sanford.

    By Otis Sanford April 30, 2021
  • Premium Performing Arts

    Opinion: Theatre Memphis’ leading lady, a force in high heels and sequins

    When she took over as executive producer, Theatre Memphis was full of debt with no endowment. Now the theater is in the black, full of hope, with an endowment, and a major capital campaign nearing completion.

    By Dan Conaway April 30, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Support radio that ‘just sounds like Memphis’

    At WYXR, a cast of musicians with global name recognition see the station as a vehicle to express a fascination with not only Memphis’ music, but Memphis’ people. 

    By Jared Boyd April 29, 2021
  • Otis Sanford

    Opinion: Strickland’s pick for police chief represents the change Memphis needs

    CJ Davis will draw on her 28 years in the Atlanta Police Department, where she rose to commander of the Strategies and Special Projects Division. Isn’t that what Memphis needs, new strategies for fighting crime and making MPD more a part of the community?

    By Otis Sanford April 29, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Area E resident ready to toss city trash service

    Regarding Memphis solid waste collection, a letter writer says she would drop city services ‘like a hot potato' if other options for garbage pickup were available for citizens in Cordova.

    By Letters to the Editor April 27, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: What’s in a name? Put it to the Snuff test and find out

    Few companies understand what cub copywriters know: the public will shorten anything that’s too long for their use.

    By Dan Conaway April 23, 2021

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