by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The Kindness of Strangers By Ralphine Major I could almost hear a “hush” as white beauty blanketed the earth. Millions of tiny white crystals fell from the sky. They could be seen clinging to barren tree bark and turning hayfields of summer into a sea of white. 2024’s...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
One and done By Dr. Jim Ferguson Well, it’s finally gone. In a recent essay, I wrote that Becky and I like snow. And we do, but not the stuff that seemingly lasts forever. I enjoy winter weather through the Christmas holidays, a crackling fire, and Christmas music....
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Two Men By Joe Rector I know an older man who has been around the area for a long time. He grew up in the Ball Camp community and went to the elementary school when it was grades 1-8. Like all the boys he grew up with, he played baseball, basketball and football,...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Fake meat and regime change By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am a deer hunter and since 1971 I have not eaten any red meat except venison. I have no explanation except that since I can hunt and take enough game to last from the...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Terrible Tragedies Continue In Unjust War By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The CBS national newscast on Jan. 20 showed the terrible anguish of a father holding a photograph of a little girl who had been killed a few days short of her first birthday by an...
