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    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
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    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
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    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
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    Opinion: Under Terri Freeman, the National Civil Rights Museum became a catalyst for change

    Freeman asked us to take what we felt inside the museum outside and apply it.

    By Dan Conaway December 11, 2020
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    Opinion: The Overton Park golf course is about a lot more than golf

    For 114 years, longer than any other municipal golf course here, one golf course has introduced this city to the game, more than any other. Short and certainly sweet, first pars are found on this course, first birdies sing, and first eagles soar. And they come back for a lifetime.

    By Dan Conaway December 04, 2020
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    Opinion: Imagine, and be thankful

    People are called visionary after whatever seemingly crazy idea they’ve envisioned becomes reality against all odds. Otherwise, they’re just called crazy. And it’s just crazy how many visionaries this city has been blessed with.

    By Dan Conaway November 27, 2020
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    Opinion: ‘Everybody look what’s going down’

    Preachers must often wonder if what they’re saying gets through — after that sip of water mid-sermon, looking across the congregation. This Sunday, I got it.

    By Dan Conaway November 20, 2020
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    Opinion: Thank you, ma’am

    In the last few national elections, about 4% more women than men voted overall. In the Black community, it’s running about 10% more women than men. Among Hispanics, it’s about 5% more. They are Democrats and Republicans, but they are not in lockstep along party lines.

    By Dan Conaway November 13, 2020
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    Opinion: Hmmm, we got issues

    The fact that we aren’t in shape anymore to shape the world has made us mad, and Donald Trump played to that anger to get elected president in 2016 and every day since.

    By Dan Conaway November 06, 2020
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    Opinion: Not the apple of the Big Apple’s eye

    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.

    By Dan Conaway October 30, 2020
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    Opinion: Worth waiting in line

    “I have never considered a single vote of mine to be wasted, because it was my vote, mine alone to make, and proof of my participation as a citizen of this city, state, and country, and of the privilege and responsibility of that citizenship.”

    By Dan Conaway October 23, 2020
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    A getaway gives perspective

    “There is still evidence that we are part of something larger and longer than this moment, and that we will carry on. For instance, right after I got home I had a wonderful pastrami sandwich from Hazel’s Lucky Dice Delicatessen, born in a bar during COVID.”

    By Dan Conaway October 17, 2020
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    Good stories are worth retelling

    The book, a collection of his columns and mine, is titled “In A Colorful Place,” and it will be published next month. Good stories are worth retelling and we’ve picked some we think are good enough to share again with you. As always, you’ll be the judge.

    By Dan Conaway October 09, 2020
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    Opinion: The cost of health care doesn’t add up

    Our state is among those suing to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, lockstep with a President and a party that has no real plan to replace it, that offers no hope to those without it.

    By Dan Conaway October 02, 2020
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    I still believe — in Santa and the post office

    The United States Postal Service will deliver the mail in spite of rain, sleet, snow, gloom of night and political pressure. Believe it.

    By Dan Conaway September 25, 2020
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    Opinion: A plantation tour from slaves’ point of view

    Whitney Plantation in Louisiana is unique among those open to the public: it is the only one anywhere dedicated to the history of slaves and telling the story from their point of view.

    By Dan Conaway September 18, 2020
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    Opinion: We stand at the crossroads

    "We stand at a crossroads in November. The answer is not the road to the far left or to the far right. The answer is right there in the middle, where we can see all directions and best determine the way forward, where we can safely and respectfully return after going our separate ways."

    By Dan Conaway September 11, 2020
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    Opinion: The Tasteful List 2020

    Presenting the Tasteful List 2020 — my tenth annual alphabetical presentation of local favorites, from A/M breakfast to waffles.

    By Dan Conaway September 10, 2020
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    Opinion: Memphis discovered, again and again

    Dan Conaway: "Memphis, in fact anywhere, is about connections. There is no more connected place to our beginnings than here."

    By Dan Conaway August 28, 2020
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    Conaway: COVID 19 is heartbreaking. Literally.

    Broken heart syndrome is defined by the Mayo Clinic as a temporary heart condition that’s often brought on by stressful situations and extreme emotions.

    By Dan Conaway August 21, 2020
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    Memory of Steve Montgomery produces smile, even in the midst of tears

    While thousands considered Steve a friend, it never felt like thousands when you visited with him. It was just you and Steve. He listened to you, you the homeless, you the wealthy, you the mover and shaker and you the one being moved and shaken.

    By Dan Conaway August 14, 2020
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    Conaway: The rest of the world has to wonder, what in the world are we thinking?

    There will be a vaccine for COVID-19. In the meantime, we will continue to suffer from chronic, fatal stupidity.

    By Dan Conaway August 07, 2020
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    Conaway: We’re on the verge of burying the war no one should mourn

    We, the South, may be finally admitting that the primary cause of the Civil War was slavery, and that the loss of that cause should be celebrated rather than honored.

    By Dan Conaway July 31, 2020
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    Conaway: Every swing is our shot on the world stage

    Even if we can’t be there, we should join the rest of the world and watch. Even if you don’t like golf or don’t understand it, watch these guys play it like nobody else can.

    By Dan Conaway July 24, 2020
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    The barbecue primer. Again.

    As you wander the world and see a sign somewhere that says barbecue – by any spelling anywhere else – it’s best to just run. Barbecue in Memphis is quite simply the highest a pig can go. 

    By Dan Conaway July 17, 2020

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