We guess that we should be as surprised that the state administration is shafting us as Charles Carpenter is that he’s losing city government’s bond business. Here’s the deal: voters in this solidly blue city have strongly...
Read MoreMemphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash has said: “Arguing over who should fund schools is not good for children.” Wrong. Editorial writers have said Memphis City Council acted rashly and as a result, it left the city...
Read MoreWhile Memphis has never been categorized as an old industrial city, it’s always had similarities – deep urban challenges, grittiness and demographics – that give us more in common with these cities than Sunbelt cities. We...
Read MoreThe drumbeat of the asphalt lobby is getting louder, and as it has been so often, its persistent beat hypnotizes elected officials who should know better. What is it anyway about otherwise logical people who suspend all logic...
Read MoreTen years ago, two undergrads from Yale noticed the fundamental gap between their university and the community surrounds it. To bridge this divide they formed the volunteer training organization that’s now known as LIFT. ...
Read MoreIt’s too cold to shop this weekend and there’s a heat wave coming, so save up your grocery shopping list for next Tuesday when it will be 45 degrees. On that day at Whole Foods Market, 5% of the day’s net sales...
Read MoreThe hardest part about being a candidate for change is delivering it when you’re elected. It’s even harder when the call for change is delivered in a mandate, because expectations are higher and patience is shorter. That’s...
Read MoreSay it ain’t so, Joe. Reports from inside the Shelby County Administration Building are that Interim Mayor Joe Ford is pulling the plug on the functional consolidation of Memphis and Shelby County Fire Departments. To compound...
Read MoreA Friday lunch at Flying Fish led to an impromptu focus group on minority business that needs to be replicated in the conference rooms of our economic development officials. It was a refreshingly honest and productive discussion...
Read MoreWith a new year before us and so much to be done, we share with you a video sent to us by contributor and friend Ray Brown:
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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 →