Maxey: ‘An abiding sense of the precious, and precarious, nature of Earth’
The morning fog rises off the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. (Ron Maxey/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Ron Maxey
Ron Maxey is a Memphis native with 45 years of journalism experience in the city and surrounding area.
“It was a short-term immersion in a world foreign to my own background, and a reminder that simple interaction with people who haven’t walked the same path can be good for the soul.”
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“Those who only see the city’s failings — which are real — will never fully understand what we understand and will never fully see what we see. They’ll never understand why some of us don’t give up on it. This is home.”
Maxey: ‘Your algorithms need to get off my lawn and leave the old man in peace’
“There’s a more serious dialogue to be had over the inter-generational bickering so prevalent these days. Largely fueled by social media, generations seem to be increasingly antagonistic toward one another over society’s ills and who’s to blame.”
Maxey: Balancing the horror — and the inevitable good things — on Sept. 11
“Everyone above a certain age has memories of the day, of where they were and what they were doing. It was one of those iconic days in history that we knew instinctively — even as it was happening — would stand out and be recalled among the many other days that would make up the story of our lifetimes.”
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