Must-See TV for Memphis: Science of Early Childhood Development
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Read MoreMonth: February 2011
The New GOP: Grand Old Pandering
We had an unwanted flashback last week to the days when Strom Thurmond tried to justify Jim Crow laws with the argument that he was only trying to protect black folks from the burdens of self-government. Now comes Shelby County...
Read MoreInterview with Peter Calthorpe, Author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”
Peter Calthorpe, author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change,” is principal of Calthorpe Associates and was named one of the 25 “innovators on the cutting edge” by Newsweek magazine for his work redefining models of growth...
Read MoreDan Conaway: Power Trumps People
Dan Conaway’s weekly column in The Daily News and The Memphis News on all things Memphis: Unless we start paying attention, the largest city in Tennessee will officially become the isolated island many in the state...
Read MoreMemphis: A Happy Place to Work
Money can’t buy happiness, and apparently, in Memphis, it doesn’t have to. We’re so happy, it just doesn’t seem to matter that we make less than other places. Forbes recently reported that CareerBliss, an online...
Read MoreNow is the Time for Bioscience in Memphis
If you are in the biosciences or for that matter any area of biotechnology innovation, commercialization or economic development in Memphis, January was a pretty good month in terms of support and endorsement. In fact, the...
Read More10 Ideas for Downtown
The Center City Commission recently had its all-boards retreat and took inventory of its priorities and objectives. Paul Morris, new Commission president, suggested that it might be time for the city-county agency to change its...
Read MoreWord to the Wise for Germantown
The Franklin (TN) Special School District (FSSD) is a K-8 school system with approximately 3,850 students enrolled. Students are served by seven schools: four elementary schools, one intermediate school, one middle school, and...
Read MoreDetroit City Branding Driven by Chrysler
Everyone who cares about cities is talking about Chrysler’s commercial during the Super Bowl, which was more of a pean to Detroit than to its new car. Talk about city branding. Chrysler did it by walking toward the truth,...
Read MoreAt Home in the Aerotropolis
“If you’ve never had the experience of moving into your own city, you should try it sometime,” Stan Gale said with a chuckle, waving at the towers climbing around us on all sides—condos, offices, even South Korea’s tallest...
Read MoreLatest Bill Day Cartoon
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 →