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Table of Contents: July

On the River
Jonathan Lindberg: The Race for Memphis Mayor: Part V

Joe Saino: Should Memphis Employees make more than their Employers?

Herb Zwiebon: Letter from Israel: Retreat and its Consequences

On the Road
Nicholas Carraway: Dan Rather

Judith’s Picks
Judith Conroy

Lead Article
Michael Roy Hollihan: Why Memphis? How Memphis is seen by those who live here

Feature Articles
Daniel E. Johnson: The Greatness and Genius of America
Opinion Editorial: State Representative Brian Kelsey: Why Tennessee Tax Dollars should not be going to Churches
Ed Williams: The Way Things Were: The Nineteenth Century Club Mansion

On the Shelf
Jonathan Lindberg: Grande Expectations: A year in the life of Starbucks’ stock

On the Money
Chuck Bates: The Politics of the Economics of Shelby County: Part III