Echols: ‘Now I’ve been taught to see’
“Living this way has flung the doors wide for me to write about things like the Grammys and National Parks and PGA golf and missionaries. ... And it’s all largely because I’ve now been taught to see.”
Topic: opinion
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May 2025
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Narcisse: Hope is not faring well these days
“I don’t think hope is what we need in Memphis right now. I don’t even think a disciplined hope is the answer. Rather we need hope joined to action and plain old stubbornness. We need courage.”
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Conaway: We are the target; we are the catch
“Like a .30-06 Springfield with a buck in the sights, the curricula in our schools have become a target, and our history has become fair game.”
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Morris: Our local officials are committed to making Memphis better
“The City Council and County Commission meetings are often long, complicated and filled with technical language. But underneath all of it is a deep commitment to the city’s future.”
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April 2025
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Hutchinson: Beware of fake reviews
“About 30% of online reviews are fake and cost U.S. businesses nearly $152 billion per year in damaged reputations and lost revenue.”
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Opinion: Remembering Holocaust is act of resistance
“On Wednesday, 600-plus members of our Memphis Jewish community gathered for our 63rd annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration, a solemn and vital moment for remembrance and reflection.”
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Narcisse: ‘God in the mundane moments of life’
“Following Christ means looking at the decisions Jesus made, how he made his way in the world and wrestling with what that looks like for me.”
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Opinion: Memphis needs plastic-bag ban
“Progress for the city doesn’t only come from attracting big name companies and potential new jobs, it must also include environmental justice and protecting the health of all residents.”
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Morris: Our scars tell our stories
“We are all scarred, yes. But we are also wise. And in time, if we let it, aging will show us the beauty of life was never in perfection.”
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March 2025
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Echols: ‘I always feel so sorry for LeBron’
“Someday what we are after in the face of LeBron will be found in the face of God.”
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Echols: However scandalous our sin, the love of Christ goes even deeper
“I honestly don’t spend much time thinking about the lives of prostitutes, but during my kids’ bedtime story last week, the topic came up.”
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Hutchinson: When replacing your roof, do your research
Consumers pull more Better Business Bureau reports on roofers than other kinds of businesses. Some who don’t later wish they had.
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February 2025
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Sanford: A Delta newspaper and an assault on freedom of the press
The Clarksdale Press Register garnered national attention recently after a judge ordered the paper to take down an editorial critical of Clarksdale’s elected officials.
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Echols: Nine fresh ideas already happening in Memphis
“These people have no idea I’m writing about them. But they are using what they have in time, money, energy and ideas to bless the rest of us.”
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Greenstein: ‘Religion for adults means embracing complexity’
“Science is essential to understanding how things work, but science will never explain why things matter to the human heart.”
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Narcisse: ‘Truth, contested and unreliable’
“There will be much to unsettle us in the days to come. Clandestine raids on small businesses in our community. Vulnerable neighbors who become prisoners in their own home.”
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December 2024
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Echols: The power of a dog’s love
“For those who love dogs, children or miracles, this story won’t seem far-fetched at all. As a matter of fact, it may strike some as downright splendid.”
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Narcisse: Christmas is not found under the tree; it is within us
Christmas is and must be within each of us lived out in our decisions, the daily decision to risk sharing of our life with another for the sake of our life together.
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Echols: ‘Motherhood, it seems, is falling out of fashion’
“Women of childbearing age are becoming more and more likely to kick parenthood to the curb. And who can blame them? There’s a government-issued health warning about it.”
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Guest Column: Safe streets put pedestrians first — not cars
“My son was just walking to a friend’s house, doing what millions of children do every day. He had his whole life ahead of him. That life was stolen from him.”
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Opinion: A pediatric doctor calls for more gun safety
“For the third consecutive year in a row, the No. 1 cause of death for American children and teens is gunshot wounds. More than car accidents, more than cancer — our kids are dying from guns.”
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Buckley: If Silverfield leaves Memphis, can you blame him? Absolutely not.
Ryan Silverfield’s name is a hot one as the college football coaching carousel heats up. If Silverfield leaves Memphis, who’s to blame him?
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Morris: ‘Mr. Scott, why do you care so much about Christmas?’
“I will admit I go overboard. It’s not exactly ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,’ but I try my best. And some of my yard decorations may not immediately lead you to think ‘Christmas.’”
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November 2024
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Echols: Christmas, death and the scent of marijuana
“Anger wrestled my grief to the mat. ... The news of uncle’s death had cracked open my heart, but a great many griefs came pouring out.”
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Greenstein: Even in the darkest of times, we have reason to give thanks
The history of Thanksgiving can help us appreciate the miracle of being alive in this time and place, and the timeless gift of gratitude can ground us through any storm.
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