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  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: To those who ‘circle the drain,’ thanks

    Citizens all over greater Memphis – all over the country – watch over things every day, caring enough about all of us to make sure the greater good is served by the maintenance of the things we care about.

    By Dan Conaway January 15, 2021
  • Premium Chris Herrington

    The Memphis 10: Kustoff and company still side-stepping accountability

    Plus, Zach Randolph’s honor, a case for Scooby Doo, and restaurants that are gone but not forgotten.

    By Chris Herrington January 14, 2021
  • Opinion Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Christian symbols had no place at the Capitol insurrection

    Carrying Christian symbols in the midst of violent attacks and mob rule insults our Christian faith. Crosses and signs saying “Jesus Saves” are blatantly out of place as our nation faces insurgency and rebellion.

    By Val Handwerker January 14, 2021
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: At this swearing-in, unity is missing, replaced by anxiety

    On Jan. 20, 2009, there was remarkable unity and mutual respect among those in an inauguration crowd estimated at 1.8 million. Now, 12 years later, Jan. 20 promises to be a day of anticipation mixed with anxiety.

    By Otis Sanford January 14, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: How to choose a tax preparer

    You’re entrusting a tax preparer with sensitive information, so it’s important to do your due diligence in choosing one.

    By Randy Hutchinson January 12, 2021
  • Letters to the Editor

    Restaurant workers: We need relief payments to survive

    “Many of us have already been living paycheck to paycheck, doing everything we can to make ends meet before the pandemic hit. Now, our hours are being cut due to the pandemic and we were already struggling to make rent and put food on the table.”

    By Letters to the Editor January 11, 2021
  • Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Amid the chaos, the David Kustoff I knew is missing in action

    “I never thought that the trappings of congressional power or Trump’s dominating and vindictive personality would turn the principled guy I’ve known and liked for years into a political lapdog.”

    By Otis Sanford January 08, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Herrington: Elvis & Nixon oddity adds bonus to annual birthday celebration

    An exhibit that opened recently marks the half-century anniversary of one of American culture’s more colorful and peculiar moments. 

    By Chris Herrington January 11, 2021
  • CONAWAY Dan Conaway

    Opinion: A single rose from 2020

    What is the single rose we can take from that pile of a year? As hopeful as it may be, it’s not the vaccine.

    By Dan Conaway January 08, 2021
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Calkins: An 8-year-old St. Jude kid with a lesson for these times

    Jonah McCoy, 8, is a patient at St. Jude. He could teach us a thing or two. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 08, 2021
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Opinion: Cries of election fraud are less about facts, more about race

    At the heart of claims by Trump and his horde of conspiracy theorists is that it was statistically and historically impossible for Trump to lose the election, other than through fraud. How could they believe such grand-scale treachery occurred? The answer, sadly, is rooted in race. 

    By Otis Sanford January 07, 2021
  • Shelby County

    Opinion: Suburbs deserve vaccine locations too

    Each time the Shelby County Health Department announces more locations for vaccination distribution, suburban spots are excluded.

    By Clay Bailey January 07, 2021
  • Premium Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Kustoff, Blackburn and Hagerty denounce the violence; they must also renounce the lies behind it

    It was not a question of whether Blackburn or Hagerty or Kustoff would stand with Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden or Mitt Romney. Would they even be willing to stand with Mitch McConnell? None of them wanted what happened on Wednesday afternoon, but they all helped prepare the stage. 

    By Chris Herrington January 07, 2021
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Resolutions to help us face ‘the real work of life’

    Scott Morris: “The year of COVID-19 taught me that there might not be time for all the fanciful dreams we put on hold.”

    By G. Scott Morris January 03, 2021
  • Metro

    Calkins: How I know for certain this will be a ‘Happy’ new year

    My mother, age 96, got a surprising Christmas present. Let us hope it foreshadows the year to come. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 02, 2021
  • Dan Conaway

    Opinion: When horseback rides and weddings meet, it’s happy trails

    What makes weddings cool has nothing to do with hundreds of people in church or a few in a cabin. It has to do with two people agreeing to share the trail, with all its ups and downs, and to get wherever they’re going together. 

    By Dan Conaway January 01, 2021
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Gather ‘round, for the story of a Santa who died (really) this Christmas Eve

    A West Tennessee mall Santa named Gill Kiper died of a massive heart attack on Christmas Eve. But before you dismiss this as the most 2020 story ever, you should know it has joyous parts, too.

    By Geoff Calkins December 31, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Apply Kris Kringle’s advice to end-of-year giving

    Perhaps one lesson from 2020 is that helping other people requires thoughtful consideration for what someone else actually needs and wants. It’s a deeper kind of call and response, and it might require breaking established habits.

    By Jennifer Balink December 27, 2020
  • Dan Conaway

    Conaway: ‘This is my Christmas story’

    It was the last Christmas all three sons would share with our parents, although none of us knew that at the time, and the last Christmas I would be single, and I guarantee neither Nora nor I knew that at the time.

    By Dan Conaway December 25, 2020
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: A girl, an egg and the meaning of Christmas

    An old-time Christmas story, read aloud by Scott Morris, Kirk Whalum and Geoff Calkins.

    By Geoff Calkins December 24, 2020
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Opinion: A year of despair and dissension still gave us bright spots

    With so much tragedy, dissension and despair, it’s difficult to find many positives about 2020. But they do exist.

    By Otis Sanford December 24, 2020
  • Opinion

    Opinion: Surviving another round of pandemic-related restrictions

    Taylor Berger: “Time spent fighting change, whether out of fear or resentment, is time wasted. Acceptance of the new normal is the key to growth, which sometimes even leads to gratitude.”

    By Taylor Berger December 22, 2020
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Opinion: To those who don’t believe in COVID: don’t break any mirrors

    Despite all the cases reported – including people we know, people all of us know, say, the president – many of us still believe that COVID-19 is a hoax.

    By Dan Conaway December 18, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Day Tripper: Ripley’s ‘Small Town, Bright Lights’ display up through Dec. 31

    Ripley, Tennessee, is a destination for its ‘Small Town, Bright Lights’ decorations displayed on the courthouse lawn, in the middle of the town square, through the end of the year.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 27, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Opinion: Jarman made radio’s hard work sound easy

    The death of Chris Jarman this week ends a radio career built on credibility with Memphis radio listeners that transcended formats and call letters.

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2020

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