Sanford: Political fighting in Memphis and across America is hurting local Democrats
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
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Our youngest son, who is now in his mid-40s, used to occasionally walk and talk in his sleep when he was a preteen. We were living in Pittsburgh at the time, and Elaine and I still remember with laughter one evening when our walking-talking son was supposed to be asleep after watching wrestling on television.
He suddenly appeared in the doorway of our den and proclaimed, “Somebody’s got to be up, because... they are fighting in America.”
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