About Us | Contact Us | Email Preferences | Help | Donate

Subscribe
  • My Account
  • Help
Log In
Metro Business Op-Ed Sports Arts Food Suburbs Neighborhoods Obits Marketplace Games
  1. Donate
  2. Subscribe
  3. Newsletters
  4. Public Notices
  5. Memphis Events
  6. Podcasts
  7. Gift Subscriptions
  8. Seminars
  9. Job Listings
  10. Advertise With Us
  11. Sponsored Content
Geoff Calkins Otis Sanford Dan Conaway Chris Herrington Guest Columnists Letters to the Editor
Add Daily Memphian to Home Screen

Guest Columnists

  • Geoff Calkins
  • Otis Sanford
  • Dan Conaway
  • Chris Herrington
  • Guest Columnists
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Guest Columnists

    Morris: A virus alters reality at Church Health

    Tomorrow when someone takes my temperature and hands me a mask and a paper bag, I’ll remember that everybody I’m about to see is also adjusting to new realities.

    By G. Scott Morris March 26, 2020
  • OPINION Spirit of Memphis

    Berger: Lost my jobs and income, then I went for a run

    Yesterday I scraped up someone’s leaky trash bags from the side of the road and threw them into the back of a truck to haul off. It’s hard to believe just two weeks ago I was planning parties, booking bands and editing menus.

    By Taylor Berger March 25, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Let’s ride this out – on a bike

    For the next four weeks, Explore Bike Share rentals are free of charge to all Memphians, 24/7. 

    By Anton Mack March 24, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Quarantine diary: Kicked off campus

    Coronavirus has disrupted some of my friends’ lives far more than it’s unsettled mine. My senior friends won’t get to have graduation. And my international friends have a real dilemma: Should they stay in the States or go home?

    By A J Quinlen March 24, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Virus throws a wrench in MIFA’s senior meal delivery system

    We will soon stop daily deliveries to protect both our clients and our volunteers and staff. That’s why we’re working now to get as many frozen and shelf-stable meals into seniors’ homes as we can, in case a day comes when we can’t deliver at all.

    By Sally Jones Heinz March 23, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    March playlist: Discover

    If you love what you hear, let the mix play a few times to be sure the artists see a few pennies. Now is the time to buy that extra record, download an album instead of streaming it, spring for that cool T-shirt or koozie or sticker.

    By Elizabeth Cawein March 22, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    LeMoyne-Owen College president remembers two philanthropists

    James S. Gilliland and Peter Formanek "changed the life trajectory for many of our students who are often first generation college-goers, and who would, otherwise, have little to no opportunity to contribute meaningfully in our society."

    By Carol Johnson-Dean March 22, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Dragged into the world of the elderly by a virus

    I’m working from home. Cleaning the closets. Playing with the dog. Calling my friends. Promising my children that I’ll stay home – or close to it. And learning how to balance the dread of what we don’t know and can’t see with the beauty of just being here.

    By Susan Adler Thorp March 21, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Waters: As pandemic advances, faith leaders embrace worship services for the digital age

    “One of our biggest challenges is that many people don’t believe in the seriousness of this pandemic,” Catholic Bishop David Talley told colleagues in a webinar. “Please believe in what science is saying. This is not the devil. This is what science is telling us.”

    By David Waters March 20, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Infectious disease expert takes COVID-19 questions

    'One piece of good news is that the other coronaviruses that continue to circulate among humans typically cause very mild illness like a common cold.'

    By Steve Threlkeld March 18, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Morris: The faith community and COVID-19

    A Facebook page will be the home base for this unified faith effort. You can find the page by searching for Memphis Clergy COVID-19 Response. Anyone can access the page and offer to work on a project.

    By G. Scott Morris March 18, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Memphis closed schools, canceled church to stop an epidemic – in 1920

    In the final tally, 3,097 Memphians suffered from the flu and 75 died. However, it is certain that quick action to curtail public gatherings, along with the enthusiastic consent of the citizenry, halted the spread of flu and saved many lives. 

    By G. Wayne Dowdy March 18, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Montgomery: Are people of faith limited to thoughts and prayers?

    Do we just pray for our environment? Or pray for children being separated from their parents? Or might the faith communities be called to engage in … dare I suggest it … politics?

    By Steve Montgomery March 15, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Morris: Fear of the virus competes with fear of not working

    The most common question I’m asked remains, “When can I get back to work?” Without work, no one gets paid, and without paychecks, kids don’t eat.

    By G. Scott Morris March 14, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    UTHSC experts: Coronavirus likely to infect 30% of us

    The virus is already widespread in the United States, so travel bans and school closures will not stop the virus or prevent individuals from eventually being infected. The most reasonable argument for doing so is to prevent a surge in severe cases that might overwhelm area health systems.

    By Scott Strome, Jon McCullers March 16, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Epidemiologist: Why are we always playing catch-up with coronavirus outbreaks?

    Most recent studies are showing that aggressive intervention earlier in the epidemic can lead to control of the epidemic. This is encouraging news.

    By Manoj Jain March 11, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Hyde: Methodist Le Bonheur ‘uniquely qualified’ to buy Saint Francis Hospitals

    Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is focused on access, racial disparities in health care, gerontology, technology, quality improvement and cost management. Its purchase of Saint Francis Hospitals is an opportunity to leverage these priorities for even more of Memphis and Shelby County.

    By Pitt Hyde March 09, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    A message to ‘Stay Woke’ at Lenten Preaching Series

    Rev. Sonia Louden Walker is the speaker Tuesday, March 10, for the Calvary Lenten Preaching Series, which continues Tuesdays to Fridays through April 3 at Calvary Episcopal Church, 102 N. Second St.

    By Sonia Louden Walker March 08, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Coronavirus: What would a pandemic mean for Memphis?

    Dr. Jon McCullers of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine answers key questions about the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. Faculty and staff from UTHSC will play a large role in the clinical care of patients with the disease COVID-19 when it reaches Memphis.

    By Jon McCullers March 03, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Morris: Put fear of coronavirus in perspective

    I believe the solution to most matters of fear is to embrace the opposite of fear: love. This is rarely what people want to hear from the doctor. They are looking for the right medicine or course of treatment.

    By G. Scott Morris March 02, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Some cancer patients are luckier than others when it comes to insurance

    More than 40 states – though currently not Tennessee – have passed legislation that ensures that all cancer treatments are covered in the same way, and with the same cost-sharing requirements.

    By Ken Billett February 29, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Blight Authority targets nuisance properties for demolition

    The Blight Authority hears reports that range from structurally unsafe homes with gaping holes that serve as playgrounds for neighborhood children to accounts of bulk pesticides to ward off the rodents and pests that inhabit abandoned properties. 

    By Leslie Smith February 26, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Interstate 69: ‘The last great American highway’

    Then-Mayor Willie Herenton was such a supporter of I-69, he hosted the Mid-Continent Highway Coalition’s first meeting in November 1992 at The Peabody. Around 50 business and community leaders from all eight of the states that would benefit from I-69 attended that day.

    By Scott Williams February 25, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    Here’s what would happen if COVID-19 entered a city

    While for many, COVID-19 infection would be mild or moderate, no different than the common cold, the greatest impact will be felt by the elderly.

    By Manoj Jain February 25, 2020
  • Guest Columnists

    County mayor wisely paused plans to build a new juvenile center

    The impatience to build a new facility from scratch caught the attention of the company holding title to an existing, unoccupied facility. Now instead of an $11 million annual lease agreement, the county could acquire the building and property for just a fraction of the original expense – $3.4 million.

    By Mick Wright February 21, 2020

  • About 1049 results

    1 … 31 32 33 … 42
    RSS
Local news in your inbox every week.

Sign up to get the latest articles from Metro.

Enter your e-mail address

Please check your inbox to finish the signup process. If you haven't received an email within 10 minutes, check your spam/junk folder or contact us at support@dailymemphian.com for assistance.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

You are already signed up

Opt out

Manage Your Email Subscriptions

Trending Now

  1. City of Memphis
    Federal judge removes himself in another high-profile case
  2. Premium
    Retiring judge has ‘had enough’
  3. Premium
    Calkins: It’s the end of an era in Memphis. Here’s Sister Trudy to explain.
  4. Premium
    Food Files: New bakery opens
  5. Transportation & Logistics
    Airport to be named after FedEx founder
Get The Daily Memphian Email Edition

Email Editions

Sign up for our morning and evening editions, plus breaking news.

Enter your e-mail address

Please check your inbox to finish the signup process. If you haven't received an email within 10 minutes, check your spam/junk folder or contact us at support@dailymemphian.com for assistance.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

You are already signed up

Opt out

Manage Your Email Subscriptions

Metro

  • City of Memphis
  • Shelby County
  • State Government
  • Education
  • Public Safety
  • Elections
  • Spirit of Memphis
  • The Early Word
  • On the Record
  • Behind The Headlines

Business

  • Real Estate
  • Financial Services
  • Health Care
  • Transportation/Logistics
  • Movers and Shakers
  • Ford Megasite

Opinion

  • Geoff Calkins
  • Otis Sanford
  • Dan Conaway
  • Chris Herrington
  • Guest Columnists

Sports

  • Memphis Grizzlies
  • High School Sports
  • Golf
  • Grizzlies Podcast
  • Tigers Basketball
  • Tigers Football
  • Tigers Podcast

Arts & Culture

  • Visual Arts
  • Performing Arts
  • Music
  • The To-Do List
  • The Sidebar
  • Memphis Events
  • The Arts Beat

Food

  • Food News
  • Reviews
  • Recipes
  • $15 Deals
  • Table Talk
  • Sound Bites
  • Dining Guides

Suburbs

  • Arlington
  • Bartlett
  • Collierville
  • Germantown
  • Millington
  • Lakeland
  • North Mississippi

Neighborhoods

  • Downtown
  • Midtown
  • North Memphis
  • East Memphis
  • South Memphis
  • About Town

Obituaries

Marketplace

Games

Donate

Subscribe

Newsletters

Memphis Events

More

  • Podcasts
  • Gift Subscriptions
  • Seminars
  • Job Listings
  • Advertise With Us
  • Sponsored Content

Public Notices

  • Court Notices
  • Bid Notices
  • Miscellaneous Notices
  • Log In
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • FAQ
  • Work With Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Email Preferences
  • Subscribe
Become a subscriber to keep reading.
Help Log In
© 2025 The Daily Memphian | Contact Us | FAQ | Additional Subscription Options | Work With Us | About Us | Privacy Policy | Donate