Echols: Older people, please come to church
“Young people need people who have a different perspective not only in race or gender or socioeconomic status, but in age.”
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“Young people need people who have a different perspective not only in race or gender or socioeconomic status, but in age.”
“However, knowing STEM’s impact is only half the battle. Demographic trends around how specific groups are able to seamlessly integrate into these careers indicate we still have work to do.”
“Tennessee is flunking childhood education, and the valedictorian of that failure just might be Memphis.”
The Daily Memphian received an outpouring of letters and comments after the Tennessee state legislature voted to expel the Tennessee Three. Here is a selection of those letters.
“Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, and above all these put on love which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
“I’ve had as much fun inside windowless studio rooms working with Jack Parnell as in any space in a 52-year career.”
“With incumbent Jim Strickland forced to leave office at the end of the year because of term limits, the field is wide open for anyone who can make the best case for why she or he is the most qualified and most electable candidate.”
“Memphis — tough, strong, seasoned Memphis — this is our chance to be soft. This is our chance to love our sister city — to be the ones who understand. This is our chance to be with.”
“Louis had such a dominant influence on my life – perhaps even more than my parents. And I always wanted to be just like him.”
Diversity in many forms should be a compelling societal interest. And race should be one of several factors used in making hiring decisions.
Recent speculation has focused on Gov. Bill Lee being a possible national candidate for elected office in the future — if not in 2024, then in 2028.
“At least Sandlin and others who stormed the Capitol are now admitting their wrongs and are facing the consequences. I’m still waiting for the deniers holding elected office to come to their senses.”
Eliza Fletcher was a measure of this city. This tiny, tiny town with such a huge, huge heart.
Barry Chase, born in Memphis over 83 years ago, responds to Dan Conaway’s column “Welcome to the world of old white men.”
“Our county is a mess. I’m taking it personally and so should you.”
“Why would he just sit idly by and allow an outsider to trash Tennessee teachers and Tennessee colleges?”
Idiots once, survivors now, we’re lucky to be alive, and very lucky to have stories and laughter – and friendships – like that to share.
“... it’s of vital importance that we, as a community, take care of our small businesses.”
A reminder of those who took on the feds to hold back I-40 and won.
There are many ways to define Memphis, but violent crime is the one definition we cannot be willing to accept.
“Both approaches are the desperate acts of people who can’t counter an argument with salient facts or pertinent positions, people reduced to talking points, perhaps, screaming points.”
“Seeing me struggle, my friend Dave took the pack off my back and began carrying it for me. It was a humbling experience, one that made me think deeply about the virtue of humility.”
“I used to think that everyone past a certain age — maybe 15 — should be required to wear a name tag, introduce themselves when they see you including maiden names and nicknames, and be arrested for stealth name calling if they sneak up on you.”
“ ... imagine my delight when I learned this week that Memphis-Shelby County Schools and one of its top schools academically — White Station High — intend to press ahead with an even deeper dive into the accurate history of the African American experience in this country.”
After a harrowing flight to Minnesota, a young adman learns three important lessons, one of which is you’re never very far from Memphis.