Opinion: Memphis, state reforms were no help to Nichols in police beating death
On Friday night, the world was able to witness what up until then only Memphis police and law enforcement officials had seen — the vicious beating three weeks …
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No one will notice
Michael Ramirez' Free Press cartoon for Jan. 31, 2023.
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Opinion: The grinding persistence of America’s police problem
You will not believe the video that was released Friday night showing Memphis police officers beating -- ultimately to death -- a young Black man.
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Opinion: Tyre Nichols’ death is America’s shame
The spectacle of a televised countdown to the showing of the video in which Tyre Nichols was savagely beaten by Memphis police officers doesn't just theatrical…
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Opinion: Don’t feel guilty about taxing the wealthy
As our nation bumps up hard against a national debt north of $31 trillion, let's start with the obvious: Our expenditures are greater than our revenue.
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Opinion: The lesson from George Santos? Don’t elect such candidates in the first place
There is convincing evidence that freshman U.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican, lied about his alma mater, his employment history, his ethnic heritage, his f…
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Common Fear
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Jan. 31, 2023.
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Kennedy: Soddy-Daisy firefighter, 22, finds buried treasures
When he was in elementary school, Jacob Smith carried a railroad spike in his pocket.
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Sick
Michael Ramirez' Free Press cartoon for Jan. 30, 2023.
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Opinion: Can anything be done to assuage rural rage?
Rural resentment has become a central fact of American politics -- in particular, a pillar of support for the rise of right-wing extremism.
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Time for Scenic City to be scenic again and more letters to the editors
The title of "Scenic City" is a joke to anyone who observes the amount of trash in this city and county.
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Opinion: I don’t like goodbyes. How about ‘Thanks, and until later’ instead?
I don't really know how to say goodbye. But I must.
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Opinion: Who chooses spending priorities seems to be at heart of dispute between mayor, County Commission
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp apparently didn't see the hornet's nest he was about to run into when he suggested the county reallocate 4.2% of the federal …
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Kennedy: Why near-retirees are terrified to look at their investments
If there is anything we oldsters can agree on, it's that we are in a season of 401(chaos).
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DUI
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Jan. 29, 2023.