Conaway: We’re a mess, and no one is responsible
“Our county is a mess. I’m taking it personally and so should you.”
“Our county is a mess. I’m taking it personally and so should you.”
“In that wonderful Memphis sort of way of zero degrees of separation from anybody and anything in the rest of the world, I’m related to Teddy Roosevelt.”
“The terms Republican and Democrat have become dog whistles to gather on the far right and far left. The colors red and blue, and the words conservative and liberal have been co-opted into whistles.”
A series of first-world deprivations has Dan Conaway in a mood. But thankfully he has tonic and limes.
This weekend, the top 125 players on the PGA tour are in Memphis for the the first step to winning professional golf’s biggest prize but, for us, it’s personal.
“Gene’s dreams survived, not just Hurricane Elvis but also the winds of the 2008 recession, slowed but resilient, and the winds of pandemic, slowed but recovering.”
That thought from comedian Steven Wright inspires a collection of wise and wise-guy sayings.
“This city is blessed by its food, the abundance of creativity, diversity and tradition mixed in the same bowls, seasoned with love, soul and imagination — and still made and served by amazing people with a smile through the most trying of times.”
“Let’s make Memphis an independent city-state.”
Eliza Fletcher was a measure of this city. This tiny, tiny town with such a huge, huge heart.
At a minimum, minimum wages must go up, and employers have to start paying more attention to the welfare of those they employ.