“Every system is perfectly designed to achieve exactly the results it achieves.” Dr. Don Berwick may have been talking about the health care system, but he could have just as easily been talking about economic...
Read MoreI’m so proud of Memphis and all we’re doing to become a more sustainable city. But an event last week had me wondering if we’re really ready to become that city. A friend of mine was recently pulled over and given a ticket for...
Read MoreOur rabbi, Micah Greenstein of Temple Israel, delivered this statement yesterday as one of the religious leaders speaking for the proposed anti-discrimination ordinance before Memphis City Council: As a fomer President of the...
Read MoreWe are losing record numbers of jobs. The number of business prospects has flatlined. The number of applications for public incentives can be counted on one hand. So, faced with these brutal facts of life and the need for...
Read MoreThis past decade witnessed one of the biggest urban building booms in the nation’s history. Memphis enjoyed its share of higher-density multifamily construction, renovation and conversion within its borders, particularly in its...
Read MoreSo, I’m sitting on the couch at home minding my own business when my wife of 40 years complains that I’m not pulling my weight around the house. There’s no reason, she says, that I can’t be more help. Wisely, I apologize but...
Read MoreEconomic development in our community – in the midst of a 40,000 job loss streak – isn’t as much a question of who’s running things or how it’s structured as getting the priorities right. And it’s clear that these should be...
Read MoreLast winter I wrote about five hours spent in Downtown Denver because I was so marvelously inspired by what was happening there. I have not felt that excited since… until now. A few days in DC and my outlook on life could...
Read MoreMarriage grabs all the headlines when it comes to so-called “gay rights” in the mainstream media. It’s understandable. Relationships matter. Legally sanctioned relationships confer protections, rights,...
Read MoreThe most exciting things happening in Memphis these days aren’t in the halls of power or among the power brokers. Instead, they are produced by a burst of entrepreneurship unseen here in 30 years However, this time, the energy...
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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 →