by design | Jan 2, 2024 | The Daily Focus
SOUTH-DOYLE 2023-2024 CHORAL PROGRAMS The South Doyle High School Singers is an audition choir at SDHS. They are a group of seventeen 10th-12th graders who participate in this ensemble year-round. This past spring, Singers traveled to New York City to perform at...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Happy Anniversary, Emancipation Proclamation By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com January 1st is the 161st anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although universally acknowledged as an important historical document, the reasons for...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Thousands Of Small Children Are Being Killed In Gaza By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com “A badly burned toddler screamed for a mother he didn’t know was dead, screaming because doctors didn’t have enough painkillers.” “An eight-year-old whose brain is...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Memories by the bushel’ By Tom Mattingly Over the years, football fans seem to make critical, life-changing decisions about team allegiances in their most tender years and live with the impact of those decisions through the rest of their lives. College...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Heading North for a Birthday Weekend By Mark Nagi Regular readers of this column know just how much I enjoy traveling. Getting the opportunity to see new things, have new experiences, visit new places… it’s good for the soul and makes you appreciate what you have at...