Publisher: Smart City Memphis

“All politics is local” was the oft-repeated maxim of former Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill to describe the politics of his day, but these days it’s more like President Donald Trump has taken his reality show to the White House.

These are momentous days for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Richard Shadyac announced Monday that he is stepping down as head of the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charites (ALSAC), the organization charged with raising the lion’s share of the $2 billion a year that fuels the hospital’s life-giving work.