There’s yet another study – this one by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – that concludes that differences in state taxes “have little to no effect on whether and where people move.” The primary conclusions from the...
Read MoreIn this part of the country, we often wrestle with the idea of teenage and college age sexuality, even as Southern states are among the U.S. leaders in teenage pregnancy. Sex Week at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was a...
Read MoreIt’s Memphis and Shelby County’s $600 million opportunity. That’s the estimate of additional earnings if we can bring the number of African-American young professionals to the same level as Caucasian young professionals. The...
Read MoreIt’s the March of the Millennials. And they’re marching into cities. National research shows – and countless news media articles have heralded – that young professionals are returning to cities. Contrary to the conventional...
Read MoreSome months ago, we blogged about the Midwestern visitor during Elvis Week who said that Memphis “doesn’t look much like it loves itself.” That comment came to mind as we read about the drive-in restaurant approved for...
Read MoreIn June, 2006, we posted a commentary about the FedEx Forum as the controversy about its construction and financing continued even after the new arena opened. It’s hard now, almost eight years later, as the city basks in the...
Read MoreThere is the temptation to place the three days of Bootstrap City presentations this week under a convenient heading like New Urbanism or smart growth, but the truth is neither does the presentations justice. There clearly will...
Read MoreIt’s often said, particularly in the midst of budget deliberations, that Memphis simply has too many parks. It’s another one of those myths about Memphis that gets repeated when the facts show conclusively that Memphis lags...
Read MoreWe have written for several years that the budget process for City of Memphis has become more and more about finding the best options from a list of poor ones. Those previous years may be seen soon by city officials as the good...
Read MoreIt is with a total lack of self-reflection that the Tennessee Legislature now removes the cities’ option of annexation although it was lack of courage by the legislators for half a century that drove the cities toward sprawl...
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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 →