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    Opinion: Remembering Tennessee’s pivotal role in women’s right to vote

    “On Aug. 18, 1920, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to ratify the 19th Amendment, enshrining the right to vote for American women in the U.S. Constitution.”

    By Paula Casey August 18, 2025
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    Opinion: Be aware of this law if you wear eyeglasses

    The Ophthalmic Practice Rules were created to let consumers comparison-shop by insisting prescribers put prescriptions in patients’ hands before they buy corrective eyewear.

    By Randy Hutchinson August 17, 2025
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    Opinion: Remembering Crosstown Brewing’s cofounder

    Crosstown’s Todd Richardson reflects on the first time he met Clark Ortkiese, the cofounder of Crosstown Brewing Co. who recently died after a yearlong battle with cancer.

    By Todd Richardson July 16, 2025
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    Opinion: ‘Reentry programs work - Memphis needs to invest in them’

    “In Tennessee, more than 62,000 people are on parole, probation, or community supervision. In Shelby County alone, approximately 7,000 people are released from prison or jail every year. Most of them are ready to work and rebuild.”

    By Patience Lewis-Walker July 14, 2025
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    Opinion: Whose side is God on?

    The more urgent and humbling question isn’t whether God is on our side. It’s whether we are on God’s side.

    By G. Scott Morris July 06, 2025
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    Opinion: Cannabis edibles are not safe for everyone

    “Poisoning from edible cannabis products doesn’t typically result in serious problems for adults, but can cause more severe reactions requiring medical attention in children.”

    By Randy Hutchinson July 08, 2025
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    Opinion: ‘Death spiral will continue for public transit’

    “There is time for all Memphians of good will to ask their council representatives to properly fund MATA for daily riders, the businesses that employ them and the good of the entire city.”

    By Leo Arnoult, Dennis Lynch July 05, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: ‘Empowering small businesses to shape Memphis’ future’

    “Every storefront that opens, every local business that expands and every entrepreneur who secures funding contributes to the economic vitality of our city.”

    By Joann Massey June 28, 2025
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    Opinion: Memphis has the chance to lead the AI revolution

    “Memphis is at a crossroads, and the path to vitality lies in bold economic development.”

    By Kemp Conrad June 26, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Trump’s defunding of universities is an attack on knowledge itself

    “It is hard to understand how defunding scientific research and the arts, and preventing the enrollment of international students, aligns with the administration’s stated goal of combating antisemitism.”

    By Micah Greenstein June 22, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Regional One’s billion-dollar modernization is ‘flawed vision for Memphis’

    “The assumption that services like trauma care, obstetrics and burn treatment cannot be relocated or integrated into other campuses is misleading. ... The real barrier isn’t logistics — it’s turf protection.”

    By Dr. Jeff Warren June 17, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Beware of Bitcoin ATM scams

    “The Federal Trade Commission says consumers reported losing $110 million to Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2023, a tenfold increase over 2020.”

    By Randy Hutchinson June 15, 2025
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    Opinion: How will the images from Los Angeles shape the rising generation?

    “This week (today’s teenagers) saw the military apparatus of their country deployed against their fellow citizens under the guise of ‘serving and protecting.’”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse June 15, 2025
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    Opinion: Jeff Warren’s new Regional One alternative ‘lacks practical merit’

    “The suggestion to bring all local health systems together to operate a single academic medical center is also not a viable option,” the Regional One Health president and CEO writes.

    By Reginald Coopwood June 13, 2025
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    Opinion: Mayor Young on xAI — ‘I’m choosing Memphis, not fear, not politics’

    Mayor Young says the xAI project “isn’t a debate between the environment and economics. It’s about putting people before politics. It’s about building something better for communities that have waited far too long for real investment.”

    By Paul Young June 12, 2025
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    Opinion: Diversity isn’t a threat, it’s a blessing

    Yes, I’m keenly aware that these words — diversity, equity and inclusion — can spark controversy and even anger from some, especially those now in political power. But when we strip them down to their meaning, they are about something much older than politics: the common good.

    By G. Scott Morris June 10, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Memphis has a crime crisis, and we welcome federal help

    “Public safety is not a partisan issue — everyone deserves to feel safe in their community.”

    By John Gillespie June 07, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Greenstein: Memorial Day is more than a vacation day

    “All Americans owe the families of the servicemen and women who died serving our country more than lip service in gratitude, appreciation and reverence.”

    By Micah Greenstein May 25, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Echols: ‘Now I’ve been taught to see’

    “Living this way has flung the doors wide for me to write about things like the Grammys and National Parks and PGA golf and missionaries. ... And it’s all largely because I’ve now been taught to see.”

    By Candace Echols May 25, 2025
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    Opinion: On xAI, ‘Memphians deserve honesty’

    “Air pollution doesn’t know borders. It doesn’t stop at the state line. Running dozens of polluting turbines at this location would threaten air quality for families in South Memphis as well as those in Southaven.”

    By LaTricea Adams May 22, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: Remembering former Memphis councilman Jimmy Moore

    “Jimmy Moore was a good-natured and gentle man. ... Yet he understood what politics was all about. For Moore, politics was about helping people who needed help. Getting things done. “

    By Susan Adler Thorp May 19, 2025
  • Opinion

    Opinion: xAI can brighten the region’s future

    “XAI is creating hundreds of jobs — from skilled trades to advanced technical roles — offering higher wages and economic stability. These jobs can lift families out of poverty, boost local businesses, fund improvements to our schools and infrastructure.”

    By Kelly Lomax May 20, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Narcisse: Hope is not faring well these days

    “I don’t think hope is what we need in Memphis right now. I don’t even think a disciplined hope is the answer. Rather we need hope joined to action and plain old stubbornness. We need courage.”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse May 18, 2025
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    Guest column: State takes needed action to protect farms

    Tennessee’s new Farmland Preservation Fund helps farmers secure their land and legacy, supports local and regional food systems, conserves wildlife habitats and stimulates rural economies.

    By Brooks Lamb May 17, 2025
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    Hutchinson: Some scammers are victims themselves

    Reports from the Council on Foreign Relations and the United States Institute of Peace say some overseas call centers are staffed by people who have been trafficked or lured in by fake job ads.

    By Randy Hutchinson May 17, 2025

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