Publisher’s Positions

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Tethered Dog Ordinance Approved The Knoxville City Council recently approved an ordinance making it illegal for people to chain their dogs up outside unattended.  The change was adopted after a sometimes pointed debate, but the...

Making Sense out of Fed Policy

Making Sense out of Fed Policy   By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The current commentary about the Federal Reserve is almost exclusively on how it is fighting inflation. The Fed has raised its Fed Funds target range from near zero to...

Krauthammer: Liberals Think Conservatives Are Evil

By John J. Duncan Jr. Charles Krauthammer was considered by many, including me, to be the most brilliant columnist of our time. Unfortunately, he passed away in June of 2018 at the age of 68 from cancer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his columns which were syndicated to...

The Cathedral

The Cathedral I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Dr. Jim Ferguson My life is so different than it used to be. I had a rewarding career in medicine, but I could...

Crab Orchard is almost forgotten

Crab Orchard is almost forgotten A Day Away By Mike Steely Crab Orchard atop Cumberland Mountain is one of the most historic communities in our region. The drive up the mountain west of Kingston gives you a small idea of what early travelers and settlers faced. The...