Reform. It’s one of those words used so often by politicians that it’s almost lost all meaning. It’s right up there with world-class, state-of-the-art, public-private partnership, new paradigm, and summit. For once, reform is...
Read MoreIt doesn’t take much reading of this blog to know that we are deeply concerned by the pursuit of highways at the expense of our urban core’s health, priorities influenced too much by the usual suspects and the tendency for the...
Read MoreFair EnoughWe’re willing to support the Delta Fair and Music Festival – it’s a few minutes drive from most of us – but only when its organizers either put up or shut up about how unsafe the midtown Mid-South Fair was. It’s...
Read MoreAs that old Captain and Tenille song says “Love Will Keep Us Together” but Smart City is finding out how love can also be a primary economic driver for cities. My guest Larry Beasley is the founder of Beasley and...
Read MoreShelby County Board Chairman David Pickler has scheduled four more meetings to spread his myths about single source funding of public education. His fear offensive is being seen by many people outside Memphis for what it is –...
Read MoreSome folks are picking our their beach reading for the Labor Day weekend, so in case you’re where there’s wi-fi, here are some ideas.We continue to live vicariously through Revolutions Bike Shop’s Anthony...
Read MoreIt’s hard for any of us these days to maintain context in the midst of information overload and instant communications.So, we are naïve in thinking that readers are able to place a specific post into an overall context on the...
Read MoreMemphis City Engineer Wain Gaskins posted this comment to today’s walkable cities post, and out of respect for him and his salient point about the role of zoning, we wanted to give it equal billing here:As with many of the...
Read MorePerhaps, the old home-buying axiom, “drive until you qualify,” should more accurately be “walk your way to wealth.”Or at least that seems to be the lesson from Portland economist Joe Cortright’s latest compelling report for CEOs...
Read MoreAerotropolis had a bumpy take-off and encountered immediate turbulence at Memphis City Council over a request for $2.3 million for a beautification project for the roadway that leads to Memphis International Airport. While it’s...
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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 →