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    Letter to the Editor: Favoring electric vehicles is ‘bad policy’

    “ ‘Zero emission’ is a misnomer. Electric vehicles must be recharged regularly using electricity generated by power plants.”

    By Letters to the Editor March 24, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: There are embarrassing people in our House. And Senate.

    Maybe the state’s largest population areas will get out the vote and get Tennessee into the 21st century. Georgia called. They want us to know that it’s possible.

    By Dan Conaway March 19, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Don’t eliminate comments

    Without the comment section, it is a one-way narrative of the writer, who almost always leaves out questions that need to be answered. 

    By Letters to the Editor March 19, 2021
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Jarvis Greer is cancer-free — and has something he’d like to tell you

    Jarvis Greer, the legendary WMC-TV sports anchor, has a message for Memphians about his recent cancer surgery. But it includes words that might make you squirm. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 19, 2021
  • Otis Sanford

    Opinion: Ford’s handling of Junior Achievement grant reminiscent of past scandals

    An independent investigation by attorney Brian Faughnan flatly accuses Ford of deliberately deceiving his fellow commissioners by failing to disclose to them his obvious conflict of interest. To call Faughnan’s report damning is an understatement. 

    By Otis Sanford March 21, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Standing for the Asian American community

    ‘While we have lived for a year with one type of fear and anxiety, we cannot let the COVID-19 virus stoke fear in the other.’

    By Letters to the Editor March 19, 2021
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: For Memphis and the NCAA Tournament, it’s been a seven-year glitch

    Memphis will be sitting out the NCAA Tournament yet again this year. Here’s a reason for hope (and some reasons to despair).

    By Geoff Calkins March 14, 2021
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    Calkins: If heart mattered — and free throws didn’t — this team would be headed to the NCAA Tournament

    If passion and effort were all that mattered, the Memphis Tigers would be headed to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven years. But foul shots matter, too. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 13, 2021
  • Business

    A note about reader comments

    We have made the decision to turn off the commenting sections on our articles until we can find a better way of including comments within The Daily Memphian.

     

    By Eric Barnes, Ronnie Ramos March 12, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letters to the Editor: Grade retention and protecting the aquifer

    Paul Thomas says holding back third-graders can create long-lasting problems, and another letter writer, Duffy-Marie Arnoult, says we must protect the Memphis Sands Aquifer.

    By Letters to the Editor March 12, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Don’t jeopardize the Memphis Sands aquifer

    We bottled our water and sent it to Flint residents to help with their water contamination crisis, so why would we consider endangering our Memphis Sands Aquifer?

    By Letters to the Editor March 12, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Grade retention harms children

    “Tennessee must not fall prey to trendy political gimmicks that harm children and do not address the needs of those children learning to read.”

    By Letters to the Editor March 12, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: Fill a prescription. Or buy a house.

    The shot I’m getting is hard to get, and costs more than our first house. The stuff in this syringe must come from cells scraped from the belly of the dragon Smaug by Hobbits.

    By Dan Conaway March 12, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: With ‘historic crime,’ let’s end the foolishness and let police live where they want

    “Crime reduction is clearly a complex conversation.”

    By Daniel Chatham March 11, 2021
  • Otis Sanford

    Opinion: Legislative roadblocks to voting are reminders of our shameful past

    Voter suppression is very much alive and well in 2021. The cruel violence that once accompanied it has been replaced by underhanded legislative tactics at various statehouses controlled by Republicans.

    By Otis Sanford March 11, 2021
  • Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Calkins: David Rudd has been an unstoppable force for Memphis

    After seven years as president of the University of Memphis, David Rudd is stepping down. He is one of the greatest presidents in the history of the place.

    By Geoff Calkins March 10, 2021
  • Opinion

    Opinion: Taking dietary supplements can be harmful

    The FDA has found hundreds of dietary supplements containing ingredients that weren’t listed on the label. 

    By Randy Hutchinson March 09, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Gun permits are needed to keep us safe

    Gov. Bill Lee and his allies in the state legislature are pushing “permitless carry” legislation, which would allow Tennesseans to carry loaded firearms without permits in public spaces.

    By Kathryn McRitchie March 08, 2021
  • COVID: A Year Later City of Memphis

    Herrington: 12 days that changed Memphis, 12 months later

    It only took a dozen days after that March 8 news conference for Mayor Jim Strickland to invoke the first civil emergency order in Memphis in more than a generation, closing gyms, bars and indoor restaurant dining.

    Related story:

    Year 1 of the novel coronavirus pandemic, by the numbers

    By Chris Herrington March 22, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The ‘irrational disease’ of anti-Semitism persists

    ‘I suspect most people who read this will think that anti-Semitism is nothing we need to worry about in Memphis, but they are wrong. Wherever white supremacy exists it is led by those who hate Jews.’

    By G. Scott Morris March 07, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Letter to the Editor: Alisa Haushalter deserves justice

    Our Health Department director sacrificed a tremendous amount personally in a difficult crisis to serve us along with the two mayors and COVID task force, and has had a major contribution in keeping us safe.

    By Letters to the Editor March 05, 2021
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: Fire and ice. And friendship.

    You may have seen the photo with the story about the brutal weather — firefighters pushing to free an ambulance stuck in the snow and ice. Michael Rowland was in that ambulance. Nothing brings the value of friendship into focus like a threat to a friend. 

    By Dan Conaway March 05, 2021
  • Chris Herrington

    The Memphis 10: Protecting Memphis water, the best of Craig Brewer and more

    With available, clean drinking water an increasingly precious commodity, Memphis’ supply is perhaps the city’s most important asset. We did nothing to earn it. But it’s on us to preserve and manage it. 

    By Chris Herrington March 04, 2021
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Opinion: Vaccine blunders make Harris vulnerable in 2022 reelection bid

    The vaccine distribution debacle on Mayor Lee Harris’ watch will figure prominently in the GOP campaign to retake his office, the party’s Shelby County executive director says. 

    By Otis Sanford March 04, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: TVA’s service during recent winter weather speaks for itself

    Tennessee was not “insulated” from cold weather. Temperatures in Memphis were similar to parts of Arkansas and Texas. What was significantly different was the safe, reliable power delivery to Memphians that avoided rolling blackouts that crippled other areas of the country.

    By Mark Yates March 02, 2021

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