The New York Times sent a Valentine’s card to Michael Heisley today with a cover story in the Sunday magazine based on this premise: “The N.B.A. (learning from baseball) is discovering the power of new statistics and...
Read MoreIs it possible to design a downtown that boosts the economy and helps people get around without their cars? Urban designers George Crandall and Don Arambula of the firm Crandall Arambula think so. They join us this week to talk...
Read MoreWhile Memphis has never been categorized as an old industrial city, it’s always had similarities – deep urban challenges, grittiness and demographics – that give us more in common with these cities than Sunbelt cities.We...
Read MoreWe apologize to Lori Spicer and Steve Bares for the delay in posting their New Year’s thoughts as part of our series of commentaries by notable Memphians last month. We misplaced their submissions and so we post them here...
Read MoreSteve Bares is President and Executive Director of the Memphis Bioworks Foundation:For the first several weeks of 2009, a lot of attention has rightfullybeen placed on the challenges of creating jobs and reenergizing the economy...
Read MoreLori Spicer is board members of MPACT Memphis:Memphis is the place I have always called home, even though I left in 2000 to attend undergrad at UTK, to complete graduate school at UF, and work at a nonprofit in DC – and...
Read MoreThere’s always the day when the government reformer comes face-to-face with the government reality.That’s happened in short order to President Barack Obama, and unfortunately, part of it seems to be of his own making.There’s a...
Read MoreWe’re blogging today over at the Live Where You Live blog . We’re talking about what makes Memphis special and the value, economic and otherwise, of being proud of our city.
Read MoreThere’s such a fine line in politics between populism and pandering.In his political career, Shelby County’s top prosecutor Bill Gibbons has had his share of the latter and his attempts at the former have generally seemed forced...
Read MoreSomeone needs to pass Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash a note in poly sci class. The reluctance of this community to embrace the idea of taxing authority for our dual – and dueling – school systems has nothing to...
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