An early proposed version of Beale Street Landing. The one thing Memphis and Shelby County have surely learned from the past decade or so, during which hard times visited and stayed around for a while, is that necessity truly is the mother of invention — and often a single mother at that. Even before the Great Crash of 2008-9, […]
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What They Said (November 20, 2014)…
Greg Cravens About Bruce VanWyngarden’s Letter from the Editor on urban vs. rural voters and fear … You’re seriously comparing racism to a fear of… cows? Count Dracula “Aren’t you worried about those cows coming after us?” That’s the funniest line I’ve read in a long time. Nobody One of my favorite movies is Defending […]
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What They Said (November 13, 2014) …
Greg Cravens About Kevin Lipe’s post “Next Day Notes: Grizzlies 93, Pelicans 81” … Tayshaun’s swagger was turned up to 11. It was amazing and terrifying to watch #TheTaykeover. Youngblook_901 About Toby Sells’ story, “Study Says Bicycling Boom Could Bring Gentrification” … I would refer the authors of the study to Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs.” […]
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Our Veterans — and Us
This being a post-election week in which some politicians are exulting in victory and others are, in a strictly figurative sense, licking their wounds, it might prove useful to remember that there are numerous of our fellow citizens out there for whom words signifying the high side and low side of combat are not metaphors […]
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What They Said (November 6, 2014) …
Greg Cravens About Toby Sells’ post, “Luttrell Did Not Proclaim ‘Jefferson Davis Day’” … Apparently this sort of thing happens to local sheriffs and mayors all the time. It’s just that nobody notices when the sheriff’s office declares “Beehive Hairdo Day” in Mayberry. Jeff About Toby Sells’ post “Pyramid: Now With More Alligator” … “Swamp […]
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Pride in St. Jude
Back in the heyday of Plough, Inc., there used to be giant billboards all over Memphis advertising one of the locally based corporation’s most well-known products. “St. Joseph’s Aspirin,” the signs would proudly proclaim. “Memphis Makes. The World Takes.” And yes, those billboards and that message did generate a fair amount of pride of place […]
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Shelby County Government Faces Employee Benefits Issue
Is Shelby County government on more solid ground than Memphis city government in the way it approaches matters of employee benefits? County Mayor Mark Luttrell insisted it was while making the case for drastic revisions in the county’s health-care plan for employees at Monday’s meeting of the Shelby County Commission. Unlike the folks “across the street,” Luttrell […]
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What They Said (October 39, 2014) …
Greg Cravens About Toby Sells’ story, “Confederate Heritage Groups Vow to Fight Park Name Changes” … Health Sciences Park, Mississippi River Park, and Memphis Park. Good Lord, how about just Tree Park, Grass Park, and Wino Park (let’s be real). Or since the Confederates surrendered Memphis after 15 minutes of battle, how about Slam Bam […]
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What They Said (October 23, 2014) …
Greg Cravens About Toby Sells’ cover story, “Trolley Trials”… Without the trolleys, it’s like the heart has been ripped out of downtown Memphis. They truly were the heart, soul, and glue that held everything together. The sooner they’re back, the better off everyone will be. It’s sad to read that many businesses are suffering. What […]
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Voting Yes or No in Tennessee
As we prepare for another election, the third major one this year, we find ourselves made thoughtful by what has become a de facto trend in these affairs. Although there were numerous choices to be made between candidates in the August 7th county general election-cum-state/federal primary, one of the more noteworthy sections of that ballot […]
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What They Said (October 15, 2014) …
Greg Cravens About Bruce VanWyngarden’s Letter from the Editor on Amendment 1 … When I see the “Yes on 1” signs in yards all over town, I just want to go up to those people and say “Do you really know what that means?” It means we voluntarily give up our rights to privacy. And […]