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    Love – and dementia – in the time of coronavirus

    The Daily Memphian’s Eric Barnes writes about how the emotional quarantine of dementia is made worse by coronavirus on Mother’s Day.

    By Eric Barnes May 09, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    A German student didn’t find romance in Memphis; she found reality

    A German student learns to love America. She also learns that American students are baffled by Trump's election, and that some want to carry guns on campus.

    By Katharina Kleine Wachter May 09, 2020
  • Calkins Spirit of Memphis

    For this Mother’s Day, letters (37 of them!) from my Mom

    Before Zoom, there were letters. My Mom was the best letter-writer I've ever known. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 11, 2020
  • GUEST COLUMN Guest Columnists

    COVID-19’s profound effects on children are on the horizon

    Children may face immediate and long-term consequences of COVID-19 – from delays in seeking medical attention for current illnesses, to chronic toxic stress, to the threat of communicable diseases due to delayed vaccinations.

    By Bindiya Bagga, Jason Yaun May 08, 2020
  • CONAWAY Dan Conaway

    We live in Tennarkippi

    The artist Dolph Smith named his Ripley home Tennarkippi, but it's also a place where the borders of three states merge to create a particular state of mind. 

    By Dan Conaway May 08, 2020
  • Herrington Chris Herrington

    Acquiring masks has been too much of a community adventure

    The diversity of masks and their origins would be charming if it wasn’t yet another sign of official dysfunction in our collective approach to controlling a pandemic. 

    By Chris Herrington May 06, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Quarantine Diary: School on Zoom’s out for summer, maybe forever

    My family of five popped into our hairdresser’s backyard for a quarantine cut. We got good cuts over good conversation, muffled slightly by our masks.

    By A J Quinlen May 06, 2020
  • GUEST COLUMN Guest Columnists

    Shelby Farms and the quarantine work week

    I planned five hours of my work week at Shelby Farms, waking up bright and early, packing up lunch, protective gear, my 7-year-old and heading from my Downtown home to the park. Before long I ordered a hammock from Amazon and found us a spot near Beaver Lake. 

    By Roquita Coleman-Williams May 06, 2020
  • SANFORD Otis Sanford

    Local news has competition again — and that’s good

    I cherish the competitive newspaper environments that marked the early years of my career — in Jackson between The Clarion-Ledger and Daily News and in Memphis between The Commercial Appeal and Press-Scimitar.

    By Otis Sanford May 05, 2020
  • Guest Column Guest Columnists

    What we’ve learned from COVID-19

    While children are not now in traditional classrooms, they are learning lessons. Don’t be surprised if the next generation floods the health care industry with new workers whose knowledge and ideas will be married to selfless compassion.

    By Mark White May 05, 2020
  • Guest Column Guest Columnists

    Education stimulus funds should restore what children lost

    The Tennessee Department of Education and Gov. Bill Lee should use federal stimulus money to restore our children and their schools back to the position they were in prior to March 20, 2020.

    By Terri C. Harris May 05, 2020
  • Opinion Chris Herrington

    Herrington: Reopening? We’ll wait and see

    The city and county can loosen restrictions, but a tour of Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods shows businesses and potential customers still have decisions to make. 

    By Chris Herrington May 04, 2020
  • Guest Columnist Opinion

    We risk failure if we don’t manage this well

    “Going slow to go fast” describes a strategy of being measured and methodical in the early phases of a journey. Caution is vitally important now. Nothing would be more demoralizing than having to shelter-in-place all over again because we didn’t do the right things in these coming months.

    By Michael Ugwueke August 26, 2020
  • opinion Opinion

    Nelson: Who casts Tennessee’s electoral votes, and why it matters now

    “Faithless electors” – those who were elected to support the nominee of their party, then voted for someone else – have been rare. In the 13 presidential elections from 1964 to 2012 there were six. But in 2016 alone, there were seven faithless electors. 

    By Michael Nelson May 04, 2020
  • Guest column Guest Columnists

    Morris: A healing dose of Brooks Ramsey’s wisdom

    Hundreds of people in Memphis will tell you that Brooks made life worth living again or saved their marriages. If ever I was in the dark pit, I called Brooks, and he talked me out.

    By G. Scott Morris May 03, 2020
  • Guest Columnist Guest Columnists

    Musicians are emergency responders

    Studies show that anxiety, heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate can be reduced by listening to music, and that music has been linked to better sleep while on a ventilator in the ICU. Health care professionals have described a reduction in stress and empathy fatigue from listening to music.

    By Žak Ozmo August 26, 2020
  • Music

    A Memphis music playlist for April/May

    This month's playlist is accompanied by news about the Music Export Memphis COVID-19 Relief Fund, which to date has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to individual Memphis musicians.

    By Elizabeth Cawein May 02, 2020
  • Guest column Guest Columnists

    Coronavirus changed the world – and Ramadan

    For as long as we can remember, Ramadan has been a communal activity. Perhaps coronavirus is a sign that we need to slow down and remember what’s important in life. 

    By Danish Siddiqui May 01, 2020
  • Guest column Guest Columnists

    Parenting in a pandemic

    The boundaries between work and home have completely broken down, and life will not really return to normal as long as parents don’t have any place to send children during the day.

    By Jerri Green May 01, 2020
  • opinion Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Our parents deserve better from us

    We can’t even stand up and come together as one to fight something that’s killing us for two or three months without falling apart. After all, we need our nails done and a haircut.

    By Dan Conaway May 01, 2020
  • opinion Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Three reassuring words in the COVID crisis

    Watching Alisa Haushalter, director of the Shelby County Health Department, explain our new reality in a calm, measured and fact-based tone, I came away with more optimism than pessimism about our prospects for overcoming this ruthless pandemic.

    By Otis Sanford April 30, 2020
  • guest column Guest Columnists

    UTHSC dean: Current COVID antibody tests aren’t always correct

    Ask your doctor if the test you’re taking is specific to COVID-19 and have him or her review with you its limitations, particularly if the test is not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

    By Scott Strome April 29, 2020
  • OPINION Chris Herrington

    Herrington: When will Memphis reopen? Memphis never closed

    The past month has meant navigating a matrix of official restrictions and individual decisions, and so will the many months — maybe years — to come. 

    By Chris Herrington April 29, 2020
  • Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: A rational, bipartisan plan to reopen Memphis and Shelby County? Why are some of you mad?

    Area mayors outlined a "Back-to-business" framework Monday. The framework did not include a definite starting date — and that's a good thing.

     

    By Geoff Calkins April 28, 2020
  • opinion Arts & Culture

    Nelson: Memphis Massacre or Riot? What a difference a word makes

    One reason riots and massacres can be hard to tell apart is that they usually begin and end in roughly the same way. It’s what happens in between that tells the tale.

    By Michael Nelson April 28, 2020

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