Although it’s not the most politically palatable talking point for elected officials, it is nevertheless inarguable that there is a point at which budget cuts and tax reductions become enemies of the government’s mission itself:...
Read MoreSo why do multi-national corporations taking in tens of billions of dollars a year in revenues demand incentives that shift their tax burdens over to homeowners? Because they can. That’s being proven out yet again as...
Read MoreMemphis is struggling, our challenges are daunting, and maybe, just maybe, we should acknowledge those facts in making a pitch for the 25-34 year-old college-educated talent that we need to compete in today’s economy. It’s a...
Read MoreDefenders of the Confederacy and the parks honoring it criticize Memphis City Council for trying to change history. It’s laughable, considering Memphis’s Civil War history. It took two votes before Memphis sided with...
Read MoreAs budget hearings get ready to start and there is talk about another referendum to increase the local option sales tax, we are reprising this post from November: After years of lethargy and self-doubt, Memphis is getting...
Read MoreContinued from the previous post… No longer dependent on “artist development” from record companies managing the modern equivalent of the company store, musicians now have the ability to create their own success, build their own...
Read MoreThey were outsiders. Poor, unsophisticated, and living on the margins, they created music that carved out a mythic reputation for Memphis around the world. Their heirs today are by their nature also outsiders, and perhaps, this...
Read MoreTo paraphrase a downtown leader, do you know of a “real” city whose Main Street looks like ours? Do you know of a “real” city that leaves plywood patches to Main Street for more than a decade to the point that the wood repairs...
Read MoreNote: The comments on this blog following our post last week about Memphis losing the race for talent have been important and enlightening. We have received emails from people connected with several prominent local...
Read MoreIf Memphis’s lack of self-worth and the tendency by too many people here to see nothing good in their own hometown, the decision by The Commercial Appeal to cover a story in the New York Times that covered Nashville as a new “it...
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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 →