Greg Cravens About Susan Wilson’s Last Word column, “Fashion Backward” … This was fabulous! As a mother of three (yes, three!) teenagers who wouldn’t know a fashion statement if it hit her, I can completely relate. Jen W. Oh puhlease. I shopped at Banana Republic plenty when I was a size 12 and pushing 14. […]
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Put That Flag Away
It is a rather large irony — made larger in the course of recent tragic events — that the two most iconic elements of nostaligia for (excuse us, “homage to”) the Confederacy are not what they are usually taken to be. The rousing song “Dixie” became an anthem of the Old South only after hostilities […]
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What They Said (June 18, 2015) …
Greg Cravens About Randy Haspel’s column announcing his candidacy for the GOP nomination, “Ask Not” … Politics is nice, Haspel, but we need to bring back the Sunday church crowds. A mandatory .50-caliber machine gun in every pulpit! A 144-inch plasma screen direct link to NFL in place of the Baptist baptismal. Actual crucifixions in […]
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What They Said (June 11, 2015) …
Greg Cravens About Chris Davis’ Fly on the Wall post, “U.S. Postal Service Issues Neverending Elvis Stamp” … The sales of Elvis Presley stamps issued worldwide cannot be licked. The famous American one has sold more than six hundred million! His very first recording was recently auctioned for $300,000. Elvis fans are amongst the USPS’ […]
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Tennessee Report Cards
Ours is an age when “outcome-based” is increasingly attached to public-policy initiatives and testing of various sorts is very much in vogue, not only in education but as a measure of success or failure in other ways as well. This week, Tennesseans can consult brand-new studies to see how the state is doing in K-12 […]
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What They Said (June 4, 2015) …
Greg Cravens About Toby Sells’ story, “‘Old Bridge’ Could Close for Up to Nine Months” … Cue the Benny Hill theme music. CL Mullins I am curious to see how tractor-trailer drivers moving westbound on Crump toward the bridge will feel about having to navigate a roundabout to access I-55 northbound. That should be fun. […]
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The County Commission’s Squandered Consensus
The line between politics and government is sometimes indistinct, blurred and all but nonexistent. All things considered, that’s a good thing. And it’s possible to make the case that, in a marathon 10-hour budget/committee session held on Wednesday, May 20th, the Shelby County Commission merged the two functions seamlessly. Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell In […]
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B.B. King, the Maestro
Randy Miramontez | Dreamstime.com B.B. King For all that has been written about Memphis as a popular-music foundry, as the major originating point of blues and rockabilly and soul and so much else that the world now takes for granted, there is one aspect of the city’s endemic sound that is often overlooked, even in […]
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What They Said (May 21, 2015) …
Greg Cravens On Bianca Phillips’ post, “Citizens Make Demands of Memphis Zoo in Petition” … The Greensward is for ass parking only. Scott Banbury A responsible approach to growth at the zoo would have called for appropriate actions to handle the additional vehicular traffic generated by the building of additional exhibits. That reasonable course has […]
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Scenes from Barbecue Fest
Photographer Frank Chin spent several days on the scene at the 2015 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. Here’s what he saw. [slideshow-1]
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“Truthers” Win One
Anyone who knows anything at all about the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., knows that controversy regarding possible conspiracies in these deaths, particularly those of JFK and Dr. King, rages on and presumably will do so until the end of time. Other aspects of our […]
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What They Said … (May 14, 2015)
Greg Cravens About Toby Sells’ post, “Man Indicted in Theft of Elton John’s Glasses” … What a stupid thing to go to jail for. OakTree “So,” his new friends ask, “whattya in for?” “I stole Elton John’s glasses.” crackoamerican “You’re my tiny dancer now, bitch.” Dave Clancy About Jen Clarke’s Viewpoint, “Sit! Stay!” urging Griz […]