Saturday night’s game was unlike anything local football fans have seen in years. More at Tiger Blue.
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Stick Around
Chris Davis on Hattiloo’s Stick Fly, plus The Addams Family and Best of Enemies.
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What It Looked Like in Ferguson: Images from the Crisis Point
Flyer contributor Doug Gillon was on the scene in Ferguson, Missouri, when tensions overflowed following the shooting death of Michael Brown by police. With both words and photos, Gillon captured the twin phenomena of confrontaton and change.
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Remember the Mayor?
In this week’s Flashback, Bianca Phillips catches up with the Mayor of Frayser.
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Time for Rock for Love
The Dirty Streets perform Friday, as part of this weekend’s Rock for Love.
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Tigers Top Austin Peay, 63-0
After nine straight season-opening losses, the Tigers took it all out on an undermanned Austin Peay program aiming to recover from a winless 2013 season. Frank Murtaugh has the story at Tiger Blue.
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What They Said …
Greg Cravens About the “wine in grocery stores” bill … I believe the members of the Tennessee legislature would all tell you how much they support our free enterprise system. But consider the “wine in grocery stores” bill passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Haslam: According to the law, petitions […]
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What They Said …
Greg Cravens About Jackson Baker’s column, “Insularity Breeds Defeat for Democrats” … I said it before the election, and it has proven to be true: A reboot is in progress. There is simply no way to ignore the concerns of young people, Hispanics, South Asians, or any of the many subgroups of people who would […]
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What They Said …
About Greg Neri’s cover story, “Walking the Line” … Greg Neri is a master of first-person reporting. And the loving care that he lavished on this single story of Johnny Cash is astonishing. The 55 miles between the boyhood home of the Man in Black and Memphis must have been traveled many times by Greg […]
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GOP Wins Big in Local Races; Cohen Beats Wilkins
Mark Luttrell, Amy Weirich, BIll Oldham and most of the rest of the GOP slate running for Shelby County offices won in Thursday’s election. Steve Cohen won reelection to the 9th District Congressional seat easily over challenger Ricky Wilkins. And state senator Ophelia Ford went down to defeat at the hands of challenger Lee Harris.
Statewide, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey’s bid to unseat three “liberal” Tennessee Supreme Court judges failed by a large margin. Lamar Alexander survived Joe Carr’s upset bid for his Senate seat.
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What They Said … (August 7, 2014)
Greg Cravens About Tommy Volinchak’s letter to the editor on female birth control … Tommy Volinchak’s letter seemed to take issue with “liberals” equating pregnancy with health care: Did you print that in the name of fairness or was it a Jerry Springer moment? Maybe Volinchak wrote his letter as a form of black humor, […]