Thumbnail: Justice Ginsburg’s death was the ultimate kick in the stomach in a grinding year that I’m anxious to leave behind. As a result, I’m moving into the Jewish new year and the fresh start it offers.
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Thumbnail: The always insightful Joe Cortright of the City Observatory think tank pointed out that transportation planners label projects as “pedestrian-friendly” when they are really being designed for cars. The following article by him was published at City Observatory earlier this year.
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Thumbnail: Graceland’s dogged efforts to tell Memphis what it’s own documents mean, Liberty Park may be the next Volunteer Park, and big news at the Port of Memphis.
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Thumbnail: City of Memphis has yet another magic number for the size of its police force. It continues the arrest and jail philosophy that has largely failed to develop a balanced crime-fighting plan that includes prevention and intervention. City Council is being asked to go on record in favor of a 2,800 police force but without the other critical elements to reducing crime.
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Thumbnail: It’s rare friend and minister who takes the time to listen…without judgement and without debate…and with only the objective of understanding and deepening our own understanding of our faith and our lives. A Leonard Cohen song gives me comfort today
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Thumbnail: It’s hard to find meaning from tragic deaths like Steven Montgomery’s last week, and in the midst of our shared grief, we have the eulogy by Rev. William Sloane Coffin that Steve would have had us read today. Our condolences to his wife, Patti; daughter, Sumita; and son, Aaron (A.J.).
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There are some people whose deaths make me feel that the universe is quaking. Rev. Steve...
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I hope you like Smart City Memphis’ new look. As part of the revamp, some nagging internal...
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Thumbnail: Police killings of Americans are up, and African Americans are victims at a rate more than twice as high as its percentage of population. The number of police killed by Americans is down.
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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 →
