Greg Cravens About Toby Sells’ post, “Zoo Removes Trees From Greensward” … The Memphis Zoo has become a national embarassment. I used to brag about our zoo to my clients that live in places with nice zoos (San Diego, St Louis), and now they laugh at us as hicks parking in the yard. Oh, and […]
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Two Parties in Tennessee?
There is a general recognition that the transition of Tennessee from a state whose politics were long balanced between Democrats and Republicans into yet another Southern Republican monolith dates from 2008. That was the year when a once obscure state senator from Illinois named Barack Obama completed a zenith-like rise to power, which took him […]
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What They Said…
Greg Cravens About Kevin Lipe’s post, “Thunder 112, Grizzlies 94: Next Day Lamentations” … The Griz are playing like the coach has no idea at all how to put together lineups that make sense in terms of maximizing results. The players are playing like they realize this, can’t do anything about it, and are resigned […]
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City Clear-Cut Trees Near Bass Pro Without Permit
Less than 10 days remain in a cease-and-desist order issued by the Corps of Engineers that halted the clearing of trees and underbrush from the east banks of the Wolf River Harbor. The clearing, initiated by Mayor A C Wharton’s administration, began in December, when more than 1,000 yards of trees and underbrush were razed […]
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Tennessee General Assembly 2016: Here We Go Again!
By an interesting fact of the governmental calendar, the Tennessee General Assembly convened for its 2016 legislative session on Tuesday, mere hours before President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address. To further the coincidence, the gathered lawmakers of Tennessee are scheduled to be living it up at the annual pre-session gala sponsored by AT&T […]
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What They Said…
Greg Cravens About Mark Woodall’s Viewpoint column, “By Any Name” … I groaned reading Mark Woodall’s article “By Any Name” where he tries to disassociate Islam from terrorism. This sentence in particular seemed to sum up his thinking: “I’m just going to assume if you are a terrorist, you are a radical, but calling all […]
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Memphis Inequality: A Vicious Cycle
It is axiomatic that, after one week of a new year, most people will have long since forsaken their chief resolutions and gone back to spooning up that extra bit of sugar for their coffee or blowing off that planned get-in-shape regimen as being too much to worry with. We can only hope that, with […]
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Highlights and Lowlights of 2015
January • Redevelopment plans for the Tennessee Brewery building were unveiled. Developer Billy Orgel plans to convert the historic building into apartments, build an adjacent six-story residential structure called the Wash House, and build a four-story parking garage across Tennessee Street. • Wanda Wilson, the flamboyant and much-loved long time proprietor of Midtown’s P&H Cafe, […]
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Best of “What They Said”
The comment section on most newspaper websites often brings out the worst in people. But sometimes, it brings out the funniest. We like to think (most of) our readers are just a little bit smarter (and a lot bit funnier) than the average daily paper commenter. So each week, we have cartoonist Greg Cravens illustrate […]
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New Year’s Guide: The Countdown
Alchemy New Year’s Eve celebration, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., with the Grizzlies’ DJ Cozmo. Includes drink specials and no cover. 940 Cooper • 726-4444 alchemymemphis.com Bardog Tavern Never a cover charge. Why should anyone have to pay a cover to celebrate NYE? Gather with your friends in the most streamer-filled room downtown to kiss the last […]
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The End of 2015 … and a Beginning
So this is the end — not of our life in these times, of course, though there have been a few times when we’ve had to wonder. It’s the end of 2015, which at times has seemed a portent of the end of, well, everything we thought we knew. It has been almost six months, […]
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What They Said…
Greg Cravens About Frank Murtaugh’s Sports column and Richard Alley’s Books column … I really enjoyed the “Heroes Return” story by Frank Murtaugh and “Good Friends” by Richard J. Alley. Great writing that struck a chord with me this holiday season. Thanks for all the great articles, all year long. Happy holidays. Elizabeth M About […]