by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | April 4th, 2008 6:07pm CDT | Comments Off
Say the word community and it still brings to mind thoughts of people with something in common who identify with each other as a group and usually as a neighborhood. But this week, the meaning of community is being stretched in exciting new directions. Chris Kelly suggests that what we need to solve big problems [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | April 4th, 2008 5:07pm CDT | Comments Off
Chuck Porter, who contributed the posts from this year’s Blues Foundation International Blues Competition, recommends the following from the blog of an inveterate traveler. it falls in the category of seeing ourselves as others see us: Hey, Mister, Can You Spare A Dime…Or 10 Bucks. The Truth About America.
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | April 2nd, 2008 6:22pm CDT | Comments Off
There’s nothing that we can write that does justice to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on our lives. For those of us in the Boomer generation, he looms as an influence over our lives as much as our own families. His words and his courage inspired our values and our beliefs. His death endowed [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | April 1st, 2008 7:48pm CDT | Comments Off
In the not too distant future, government in Memphis and Shelby County will look nothing like it does today. And it will happen with or without consolidation. Voters outside Memphis who reflexively oppose the merger of Memphis and Shelby County Governments haven’t grasped the realities of this brave new world. If they had, they might [...]
by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →
Photograph by Amie Vanderford
Memphian Amie Vanderford is a photographer for peace and justice. Her portfolio includes photographs from Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Indian, and her hometown.
