T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The Commercial Appeal’s reporter Tom Charlier and photographer Alan Spearman are in Haiti are traveling with Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center’s team that has been sent there to help with medical assistance after last month’s devastating earthquake left tens of thousands dead and a country in ruins. It’s taken more than three weeks for...
From Yesterday’s paper… A mixture of snow and rain is expected to dampen the Greater Memphis area between Sunday night and noon Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The snow, meteorologist Chris Duke said, will probably be too light to measure. “It looks like Memphis is going to escape another snowfall, for the...
That’s what the Commercial Appeal is reporting this morning. Ford, 59, was not present for the two-week special legislative session on education last month and has been unable to attend the regular session that ended its second week today. Last month, she wrote Speaker Ron Ramsey that she was unable to attend because of...
Wendi C. Thomas: Putting a (woman’s) voice in office » The Commercial Appeal
Wendi talks about the MAJORITY without enough voices: women. Even though February is the shortest month of the year, it’s long enough for us to talk about parity, equity and the importance of having diverse voices at the table when key decisions are made. And a group of interested parties, fed up with the...
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