Month: July 2008

We’ve written often about the value of seeing ourselves as others see us. Here’s a recent email we got from Brian DuLong, a visitor from Tampa:I read your post with great interest having just returned from Memphis as...

From Chuck Porter:As part of the WEVL family, I can’t begin to express the sadness and pain from the loss of our dear friend, Dee “Cap’n Pete” Henderson. Cap’n Pete and I had a common love for the genre of music we call blues;...

A guest post by Kevin D. Balkwill, Chair of Memphis Bar Association Access to Justice Committee:“Free? “Nothing’s for free!” It’s the only line of William Mastrosimone’s The Wool Gatherer that I remember from a lengthy monologue...

Brian Schultz was a teacher in Chicago’s public school system. His unconventional approach to teaching gave his students a new way to learn, and an opportunity to change their school for the better. He’s written a...

This month’s Metro Grade in Men’s Health seems an appropriate bookend to our post yesterday about Memphis’ meager score as a walkable city. This month’s ranking in Men’s Health of America’s...

The New York Times this week highlighted Dickson Despommier’s idea for “vertical farms” and one of the images looked awfully familiar.The professor of public health at Columbia University, working with his...

Well, it looks like Midtown deserves its bragging rights. It’s the most walkable neighborhood in Memphis , according to Walk Score, winning the designation over the expected winner, downtown.However, at this point,...

Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash is about to make the most important decision in his new job – how to best invest the capital that he has during his honeymoon period.The reality of public life in these...

We were a little surprised this week to see a poster in the window of the UrbanArt Commission for the advocacy film, “Two Million Minutes,” a film that purports to demonstrate how far behind American students are...

Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton this week unveiled his Sustainable Shelby agenda, replete with 52 top-rated priorities and detailed recommendations in seven key areas.Doug Farr, green architect and author of Sustainable Urbanism,...