by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Columnist, Major
Enjoy Christmas! By Ralphine Major We made them every year. Creamy butter mints made from a recipe our mother found were a Christmas treat! Sometimes they were made for other occasions, but always at Christmas. The green and pink mints were made in the shape of...
by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
Where to spend Christmas By Joe Rector The shopping is done, and before long, the traveling will start, at least for Amy and me. It’s another year where we “roll with the flow” to be able to see our children. Just like millions of Americans, we’ll be in a dither for...
by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Remembering Family Christmas Trees By Mike Steely As I get older, I think about past holidays and remember many Christmas trees. Throughout my life, my family has always had a tree of one sort or another. I remember my stepfather and mother would take the family out...
by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
When things are unsettled at quarterback By Tom Mattingly The 1971 Tennessee football season offered Vol fans a crash course in what can happen when things are unsettled at quarterback. From 1965 on, the quarterback position was in good hands: Charlie Fulton...
by design | Dec 18, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Local Bias? The daily newspaper claims to be unbiased, but it has a definite leftist slant to its stories. Nor does the daily newspaper much like Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. The publicity about Bryan Hair, Jacobs’ former chief of staff, seemed...
by design | Dec 18, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee’s Modern Republican Party: Dan Kuykendall, part IV By Ray Hill Both of Tennessee’s seats in the United States Senate had been up for election in 1964 due to the death of Estes Kefauver in 1963. Republicans in the Volunteer State had run two serious...
