Opinion: Not the apple of the Big Apple’s eye
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
What New York City had to endure this year at the hands of the coronavirus is both a lesson and a warning of what’s at risk. They’ve been trying to tell us. One of their very own is president of the United States, and they tried to tell us about him, too.
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