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    Guest column: A different approach to engaging at-risk youths

    “Vo-Zone will introduce vocations to youths — starting in fifth grade —through thrilling, immersive experiences. Training missions will be specifically designed to ignite their passion to learn which type of vocation sparks their interest.”

    By Ty Cobb April 17, 2022
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    Guest column: Affordable health care key to helping small business prosper

    “... it’s of vital importance that we, as a community, take care of our small businesses.”

    By Beverly C. Robertson April 17, 2022
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    Guest column: Solutions to homeownership challenges critical to city’s well-being

    “The current circumstances are pricing nearly all low-income Memphians, and an exponentially increasing number of middle-income Memphians, out of the housing market entirely,” says Amy Schaftlein of United Housing Inc.

    By Amy Schaftlein April 16, 2022
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    Guest column: Let’s take care of one another

    “In honor of our five starters, I’d like to offer five ways Memphians could learn from our Grizz, hone our niches and find ways to work and play together.”

    By Candace Echols April 15, 2022
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    Opinion: In defense of parents

    Guest columnist Daniel Chatham responds to “the festering view that parents aren’t qualified and can’t be trusted to raise their kids, or at least to raise them in the ways of progressive ideology.”

    By Daniel Chatham April 11, 2022
  • Music

    Guest column: The fever dream that was the 1990s indie rock music scene

    “The Grifters’ partnership between guitars and bass created something that was oftentimes achingly beautiful or, occasionally, weird and terrifying.”

    By Andria Lisle April 10, 2022
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    Guest column: Amazon impersonation scams run rampant

    From July 2020 to June 2021, 96,000 people reported an Amazon scam to the FTC. Only a small percentage of people report scams, so the actual numbers are much higher.

    By Randy Hutchinson April 09, 2022
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    Guest column: How guns became the leading cause of death among children

    “For most of my long life, car crashes, cancer, drowning and sudden infant death were the leading causes of death for kids – not guns.”

    By Linda McFadyen-Ketchum April 08, 2022
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    Guest column: Accountant’s dedication, resilience is an inspiration

    “Dan Richards, 65, is one of just 239 people to complete the Triple Crown of open water marathon swimming. And he is the 12th to do it after age 50.”

    By G. Scott Morris April 03, 2022
  • Opinion

    Guest column: Law can ensure biological father’s on birth certificate

    Proposed legislation would require results of a DNA test for birth certificates to be officially validated with unmarried fathers’ names.

    By Antonio Parkinson April 03, 2022
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    Guest column: Upholding the legacy of Overton Park

    ‘Overton Park’s charm continues to draw together the best of our community, doing what healthy communities do: Savor and save that which brings us together and defines us.’

    By Jay Keegan April 02, 2022
  • Elections

    Guest Column: Ignoring party labels is exactly what Memphians elected Strickland to do

    There’s nothing wrong with a non-partisan mayor trying to curry favor with a member of either political party, particularly when his constituents elected him to do just that.

    By Susan Adler Thorp March 30, 2022
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    Guest column: And the crowd erupts

    During the downtime of the pandemic, our reliance on artistic expression became very clear to all of us — both performers and audiences — and so did our interdependence. Do not let our pandemic habits become our permanent ones.

    By Elizabeth Rouse March 28, 2022
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    Guest Column: An open letter to John Konchar

    “All of that aside, John K., it’s no mystery to me why the crowd goes crazy when you get in the game,” says Candace Echols in her open letter to the Grizzlies player.

    By Candace Echols March 10, 2022
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    Guest column: What is the value of humility?

    “Seeing me struggle, my friend Dave took the pack off my back and began carrying it for me. It was a humbling experience, one that made me think deeply about the virtue of humility.”

    By G. Scott Morris March 06, 2022
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    Guest Column: It is time to go back to church, to synagogue, to the mosque

    It is time to return because the moral soul of the planet is under threat in the invasion of Ukraine, and we can’t fight this evil via Zoom.

    By G. Scott Morris March 02, 2022
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    Guest column: Pope Francis wants not another church, but a different church

    In churches throughout the world, and right here in Memphis, small groups are gathering to pray and reflect on the future of the church. St. Patrick Catholic Church is trying to heed Pope Francis’ invitation to “journey together.”

    By Val Handwerker March 02, 2022
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    Guest Column: Police residency issue is the key to recruitment, retention

    Opinion: Loosening the residency requirement for both the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is not the sole answer to the law enforcement shortage, but it is a needed and effective tool in recruitment and retention efforts.

    By Bill Gibbons February 19, 2022
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    Guest Column: How to check out a contractor before hiring one

    “Be cautious dealing with someone who knocks on your door offering to help repair damage after a storm, including removing trees or limbs.”

    By Randy Hutchinson February 16, 2022
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    Guest Column: Discovering a ‘hidden gem’ of Memphis’ musical past

    “A few years back, Jem Cohen, who co-owns Fond Object shop, indulged me when I asked him to play an interesting-looking record that caught my eye in one of his bins.”

    By Pat Sansone February 15, 2022
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    Guest column: Proposed bill to outlaw ranked choice voting disrespects voters

    “RCV makes elections fairer, faster, easier and cheaper, reducing barriers to participation by allowing voters to go to the polls just once rather than having to come back a second time for a runoff election” but the Tennessee Legislature is considering a bill that would outlaw it.

    By Earle J. Fisher, Mike Carpenter February 14, 2022
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    Guest column: Focus on the good of social media

    When teens learn to deal positively with the challenges of social media, they build emotional awareness and intelligence and become more resilient.

    By Guest Op-Ed February 10, 2022
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    Guest column: What if we lived believing God loved us?

    Scott Morris: “What if more of us could truly believe God loves us in the peace-giving way of my patient all those years ago? How would we approach the complexity of an ongoing pandemic and other dangers life gives us?”

    By G. Scott Morris February 06, 2022
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    Guest column: How local business leaders can help with the crime crisis

    In addition to continuing creating jobs for Memphians, what can Memphis business leaders do to help so that everyone feels safer in their communities?

    By Richard Greenwald February 02, 2022
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    Guest column: Dallas synagogue attack shows nothing subtle about antisemitism

    “I know we all stand and cheer for Rabbi Charlie and his courage. But unless we stand up and shout down every unkind word directed toward Jews when we first hear it, we let the next act of violence on Jews begin to take root.”

    By G. Scott Morris January 20, 2022

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