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Tennessee Ponders Reproductive Rights Restrictionsnew
Supporters of a new amendment say that the language could lead the way for legal restrictions on abortions without legislating an abortion ban.
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
01-25-2008 |
Sex
'Cloverfield': Hipsters Under Siegenew
A bunch of TV auteurs fashion a mumblecore monster movie.
The Memphis Flyer |
Greg Akers |
01-25-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Candidate Thompson: Over and Outnew
The Fred Thompson show comes to the end of its run as South Carolina's Republicans vote.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-25-2008 |
Politics
Memphis Hospital Employees Sue for Unpaid Wagesnew
Nurse James Allen Frye and security guard Clarence Moore held two very different positions at Baptist Memorial Health Care until their terminations, but both allege the health-care system denied them wages for off-the-clock work.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
01-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Salvaging MLK's Legacynew
The spat between the competing Democratic camps of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has managed to bring Dr. King's legacy itself into controversy.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
01-18-2008 |
Race & Class
Educators School Memphis in Roots-Rocknew
Year-end releases from Rob Jungklas and the Central Standards give divergent spins on roots-rock.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gully, Rob Jungklas
Booking Itnew
Eating with the locals, networking with the Neelys, wining at the Brooks, and more.
The Memphis Flyer |
Simone Wilson |
01-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
A Legitimately Inspirational Biopicnew
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a visionary celebration of language, women, food, memory, the imagination, the creative impulse, and all the wonderful, life-affirming things you could be doing instead of watching movies.
The Memphis Flyer |
Addison Engelking |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Disarray and Memphisnew
Times are tough now, but new leaders will move the city forward.
The Memphis Flyer |
John Branston |
01-18-2008 |
Commentary
Campaign 2008: We're Just Getting Startednew
Dogfights break out as the presidential race gets complicated.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-18-2008 |
Politics
New Mood, New Men, New Mountainsnew
The sudden elevation of Obama and McCain after Iowa and New Hampshire was almost Zen-like.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-14-2008 |
Commentary
The Whigs: A Throwback in a Good Waynew
Athens' Whigs perfect a brand of no-frills rock that never goes out of style.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
01-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mission Control, The Whigs
Follow That Dreamnew
Elvis Presley Estate is proposing a $250 million Graceland expansion on Elvis Presley Boulevard. What will it mean for Memphis?
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
01-11-2008 |
Music
Hillary Wins ... Should We Have Seen it Coming?new

Barack Obama's coronation will just have to wait a little longer. In fact, he may be compelled in the end to hand over that crown to Hillary Clinton, who, against all the conventional wisdom and pundits' certainties (including our own), won the New Hampshire primary.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-09-2008 |
Politics
Elective Affinities: Huckabee & Thompsonnew
With the New Hampshire and South Carolina tests looming, the two bona fide Southern hopefuls in the Republican presidential field had personas that meshed in important particulars and diverged in others.
The Memphis Flyer |
Jackson Baker |
01-08-2008 |
Commentary