Dan Conaway

If we’re lucky — very lucky — life will afford us a few very good friends — friends who expect nothing from us but us, friends whose simple presence in a room makes the room better and the day improved.

Xander Schauffele putts on the sixth green of TPC Southwind during the practice round of the FedEx-St. Jude Championship Aug. 14, 2024.

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Let’s rename Crump Park, a lovely little spot, Crews Park. Crump already has plenty of things named after him.

Dan Conaway writes about the Memphis City Council's decision to put a referendum on gun control to voters, much to the Tenneesse Legislature's chagrin.

Dan Conaway: The truth is that no one is asking the people that have lost everything whether or not they are Republican or Democrat before they help them, no more than those two walkers on the beach asked me.

Tennessee’s Republican leadership maintains that cities and counties can’t have different state laws, but what did they do when it came to new, suburban school districts and school vouchers?

Conaway: “If you see me talking to myself, just move along. I’m self-employed; we’re having a staff meeting.”

In his opinion piece, Dan Conaway says that if you vote for Donald Trump, whatever he does will be with your permission.

Dan Conaway: Aside from the obvious point that we could all suggest better than we’re going to get, the larger point is that we’re all going to need each other as things shake out in Washington.