by design | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I used to like liver and onions; at least until I worked at an inner city hospital during my internal medicine training. I’ve seen some bad livers in my day, and I can no longer stomach this traditional English dish. That being said, the English...
by design | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
We’ve been having quite a few “pop-up” storms lately. I take “pop-up” to mean a storm can happen any time, any where, quite unbeknown to us. Never heard of that misnomer when I was growing up but, in this day and age, there are many “pop-up” phrases in our jargon. I...
by Mike Steely | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely If you are lucky enough to get tickets to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park’s June Synchronous Fireflies event you may find several surprises. Like most things in the Great Smoky Mountains the waiting lines are long, the expectations high, but the...
by Mark Nagi | Jun 16, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman I’m going to admit that I’m writing this article on the eve of the World Cup, so for all I know Knoxville will show complete indifference to one of the biggest sporting events in the universe… But when you look at the way that the sport has grown in...
by design | Jun 16, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Last week The Focus reported on the Emerald Academy Charter application. At present there are 101 active public charter schools in Tennessee (k-12.state.tn.us/SDE). Many people think Charter Schools are the magic bullet that will transform our...