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    Opinion: Breweries, distilleries unite to oppose proposed pipeline

    As brewers based in Memphis, we have a very deep appreciation for our community’s water quality.

    By Memphis brewers and distillers May 04, 2021
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    Opinion: Misguided ordinance will hurt Memphians, create more problems

    Measure proposes creating a board with the power to make it difficult to approve any new construction of infrastructure like pipelines within Memphis.

    By Brydon Ross May 04, 2021
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    Opinion: Memphis should invest in blighted housing

    Blighted properties cost the city, rather than bringing in tax revenue. The city pays dearly for police, fire, board-up, lot clearing and other services required for abandoned properties.

    By Steve Lockwood May 04, 2021
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    Opinion: Pipeline could threaten our clean drinking water

    ‘I now understand the science of groundwater aquifers and the complex of laws and regulations that keep an aquifer healthy,’ says geologist Deborah Baker Carington. ‘I also understand the very real risks an oil pipeline spill would pose to the region’s most precious resource, the Memphis aquifer.’

    By Deborah Baker Carington May 02, 2021
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    Opinion: A friend’s death provides insight

    Lynne Turley taught music in the Memphis City Schools for 22 years. She believed that every child was musical.

    By G. Scott Morris May 02, 2021
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    Opinion: Support radio that ‘just sounds like Memphis’

    At WYXR, a cast of musicians with global name recognition see the station as a vehicle to express a fascination with not only Memphis’ music, but Memphis’ people. 

    By Jared Boyd April 29, 2021
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    Opinion: Overton’s short golf course made long memories

    It was 1947 when junior golfers were invited to the Ritz Theater at the corner of Poplar and Evergreen for a movie introduction to the game. A couple of hours later, after a short walk or bus ride to Overton Park Golf Course, we gathered at the practice area behind No. 1 green.

    By Dave Wells April 14, 2021
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    Opinion: Teach kids early how to spend, save and donate

    With April recognized as Financial Literacy Month, now is the time to elevate its importance and prepare young people for their financial futures. This is not a monthlong effort. It’s a lifelong effort.

    By Douglas Scarboro April 14, 2021
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    Opinion: Teacher’s Discipline Act sets schools up for failure

    The “School to Prison Bill” prioritizes punishment over care for vulnerable and disadvantaged students.

    By Kandace Thomas April 13, 2021
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    Opinion: The Nigerian prince scam has grown more sophisticated

    Nigerian letter scams now reap only $700,000 annually, but the same crooks get billions of dollars from more sophisticated scams: ‘That Nigerian prince has grown up, has gone to college, and has found a new, lucrative career,’ says an expert.

    By Randy Hutchinson April 10, 2021
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    Opinion: A primer on 911 – how to ‘help us help you’

    In the past year I have taken over 1,900 calls to 911, and I’m convinced that a refresher course is in order for children and adults alike. Here are some tips to help you become an effective 911 caller.

    By Erica May April 09, 2021
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    Opinion: Vaccine passports have long been required by schools

    At various times throughout our history, all levels of government have mandated vaccines and not once have we drifted down that slippery slope towards tyranny.

    By Bryce W. Ashby April 08, 2021
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    Opinion: The shooting death of a 4-year-old calls for outrage

    The children at Perea are taught that if they come across a gun, they are to “Stop, don’t touch, turn around, tell an adult.” The sad fact is that many of them can already tell the teacher exactly where the guns in their houses are hidden.

    By G. Scott Morris April 07, 2021
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    Opinion: Vaccines are great; vaccine passports are not

    This pandemic has at times warranted the federal and state government assuming emergency powers. Those powers should have been limited in scope and rescinded as quickly as possible.

    By Daniel Chatham April 07, 2021
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    Opinion: A pattern for ‘making babies’ teaches diversity

    There is never a day a child can’t be made to smile with a small doll after a visit to the doctor at Church Health that may have seemed scary. 

    By G. Scott Morris April 04, 2021
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    Opinion: Dr. King was an activist, but also a preacher

    ‘Commemorations with little or no consideration for King as preacher, make me wonder how many King admirers are unaware of the transcendent religious experience that was his defining moment.’

    By Warner Davis April 03, 2021
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    Opinion: Without Dr. King, the 1968 sanitation strike might have been a footnote

    “I believe that if Dr. King had not come to Memphis, my father and his co-workers would have been forced to continue to work under the same terrible conditions that led to the senseless deaths of sanitation workers Robert Walker and Echol Cole.”

    By Johnnie Mosley April 02, 2021
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    Opinion: MIFA lost a staff leader with superpowers

    Phyllis Phillips was a great boss and co-worker, but her real superpower was her network of connections across the city, which she would tap fearlessly to get as many clients as possible the help they needed.

    By Sally Jones Heinz April 01, 2021
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    Opinion: County mayor urges move beyond ‘vaccine skepticism’

    ‘All told, Shelby County has lost over 1,500 lives,’ Mayor Lee Harris writes. ‘That’s more than the number of soldiers from Shelby County lost during the Vietnam War, Korean War and World War II, combined.’

    By Lee Harris March 28, 2021
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    Chef Kelly English recalls a dark year: ‘My industry will never be the same’

    Maintaining curbside pickup and dine-in service simultaneously is not as easy as it seems, and we will all need to do both. We need you to give us space to operate without getting hot under the collar.

    By Kelly English March 19, 2021
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    Opinion: With ‘historic crime,’ let’s end the foolishness and let police live where they want

    “Crime reduction is clearly a complex conversation.”

    By Daniel Chatham March 11, 2021
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    Opinion: Gun permits are needed to keep us safe

    Gov. Bill Lee and his allies in the state legislature are pushing “permitless carry” legislation, which would allow Tennesseans to carry loaded firearms without permits in public spaces.

    By Kathryn McRitchie March 08, 2021
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    Opinion: The ‘irrational disease’ of anti-Semitism persists

    ‘I suspect most people who read this will think that anti-Semitism is nothing we need to worry about in Memphis, but they are wrong. Wherever white supremacy exists it is led by those who hate Jews.’

    By G. Scott Morris March 07, 2021
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    Opinion: TVA’s service during recent winter weather speaks for itself

    Tennessee was not “insulated” from cold weather. Temperatures in Memphis were similar to parts of Arkansas and Texas. What was significantly different was the safe, reliable power delivery to Memphians that avoided rolling blackouts that crippled other areas of the country.

    By Mark Yates March 02, 2021
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    Opinion: Let’s fix how we make local decisions during a health crisis

    “It’s time to claw back the power our public health institutions have accumulated this year. That’s the goal of Tennessee House Bill 7,” says guest columnist Daniel Chatham, a Shelby County physician.

    By Daniel Chatham March 02, 2021

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