Articles - Commentaries en-us http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive N/A http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive webmaster@tri-statedefender.com 20 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/3032/1/A-smug-City-Council-over-reachedAnd-its-time-to-ask-why/Page1.html The Bass Pro debacle, Amtrak’s uncertainty, closed swimming pools, overgrown parks, and neighborhoods lined with abandoned houses, are only five of the fifty or so serious issues that the Memphis City Council could have addressed before they took aim at the students and schools of Memphis City Schools. editorial@tri-statedefender.com (Tony Nichelson) Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/3031/1/A-bi-partisan-group-says-we-must-restore-faith-in-the-judicial-system/Page1.html It took an African-American newspaper to tell the story The Tri-State Defender in Memphis, TN. has been putting some interesting questions to the U.S. Justice Department. Recently, it called upon the U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Tennesse to release information and statistics regarding workplace diversity, fairness, and its decision-making processes. The request came after black leaders complained publicly they were being unfairly targeted by the US Attorney's criminal division. editorial@tri-statedefender.com (Linda S. Wallace) Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/3011/1/Economy-drives-staycations-into-the-American-lexicon/Page1.html “Words! Words! Words!, I’m so sick of words!,” Eliza Doolittle sings in “My Fair Lady.” As for me, I’m just the opposite. I’m fascinated with words. I enjoy learning new words to better express myself and when I encounter an unfamiliar word I look it up as soon as possible... editorial@tri-statedefender.com (George E. Hardin) Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/2991/1/What-our-readers-have-to-say/Page1.html I am writing in response to the commentary  “Last chance District 9 voters” written by Mr. William Larsha... editorial@tri-statedefender.com (Tri-State Defender Newsroom) Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/2966/1/Young-Obama-fans-crucial-to-victory-need-resilience/Page1.html “Tell Your Mama/Vote For Obama” the bumper stickers and T-shirts read. These artifacts are being promoted by school age kids who are too young to vote as they try to influence their parents to cast their ballots for the Democratic senator from Illinois. College students also are petitioning their parents to support Barack Obama. Some parents have changed their preferences and even left the Republican Party, at the behest of their children, to vote for Obama... editorial@tri-statedefender.com (George E. Hardin) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/2965/1/Last-chance-District-9-voters/Page1.html Allow me to report a bit of extremely important information with regard to District 9 as the “historically Black Congressional District” in Tennessee and the current mission to save District 9 so as to “Let Democracy Ring” in this state... editorial@tri-statedefender.com (William Larsha) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/2961/1/Lessons-learned-from-somebody-elses-child/Page1.html A friend used to ask his children every single night: What did you learn today? He was not looking for lessons learned in classrooms either. Rather, he demanded that his kids learn from all sorts of characters in their city and life... editorial@tri-statedefender.com (Linda S. Wallace) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/2960/1/He-didnt-ask-me-but/Page1.html Now that Barack Obama is the PN (Presumptive Nominee), his biggest task, aside from soothing the bruised ego and feelings of a certain ex-president, is to choose his running mate... editorial@tri-statedefender.com (Lou Ransom) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/2959/1/We-see-what-we-expect-to-see/Page1.html The back of our eyes are lined with specialized photoreceptor cells.  These cells convert light to electrical signals that pass through the optic nerve to the brain, and our brain interprets these electrical signals.  Thus it is that we can see.. editorial@tri-statedefender.com (Lance Koczorowski) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://tri-statedefenderonline.com/articlelive/articles/2942/1/Could-the-City-Council-be-any-more-wrong/Page1.html  Tony NichelsonIn the annals of Memphis history, there have been a half dozen or so “major municipal miscues” that have had far-reaching implications for the overall quality of life in our community. The administrative and municipal shortcomings of which I speak range from the truly consequential to the more benign types that simply caused all of us to wonder what the politicians and elected officials were thinking, or if they were thinking at all... editorial@tri-statedefender.com (Tony Nichelson) Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400