Well, we called it back on March 1. City of Memphis finally folded its hand against John Elkington and settled with his management company. Back in our earlier post, we asked where Mr. Elkington goes for an apology for the...
Read MoreIt’s a sign of the times, or at least a political sign of the times. As surely as elections follow campaigns, the newly elected officials see their names on government signs and photos in public buildings as the spoils of...
Read MoreWhen the topic of city-county government consolidation comes up, it’s hard to figure out if the small town mayors have more in common with Pavlov or Edgar Cayce. On one hand, like the dogs in the Russian scientist’s famous...
Read MoreIf man bites dog is the definition of news, a couple of stories lately were as predictable as a dog biting a man. Germantown Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy embellished the image of herself and her city as selfish in the extreme, and a...
Read MoreJeff Nesin, president of Memphis College of Art, like many of his generation, feels the pull of responsibility for his parents, and because of it, he will be returning to New York City next week. Memphis is the poorer for it....
Read MoreIt must have been an awkward moment for Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen while announcing the $22 million HOPE VI grant for Memphis that ostensibly pays tribute to the impressive success of the Herenton Administration in winning...
Read MoreIt’s not unusual at all to find Shelby County Commissioner Mike Carpenter on the right side of an issue, but this week, he’s two for two. On one issue, infant mortality, he is evidence supporting our Tuesday post by...
Read MoreWe are nothing if not schizophrenic about Memphis. A few weeks ago, we were outraged that Forbes had the audacity to call us a “miserable city,” but in a New York Times article this week, we seemed to do as much ourselves. In...
Read MoreIt’s hard to think of anything that’s uglier about life in Memphis than the self-loathing that passes for normal daily activity. It shows up regularly in The Commercial Appeal in comments from readers who default unfathomably on...
Read MoreIn the not-too-distant future, government in Memphis and Shelby County will look nothing like it does today. And it will happen with or without consolidation. Voters outside Memphis who reflexively oppose the merger of Memphis...
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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 →