by design | Feb 5, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Franklin Roosevelt kept my father a Republican By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When Roosevelt first ran for president most blacks were Republicans. This is not surprising given that the Democrats were opposed to abolishing slavery,...
by design | Feb 5, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Liberals Look Down On Ordinary Americans By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A few weeks ago I wrote about a new book entitled “Where Have All The Democrats Gone?” by the two longtime Democrat consultants who say their party is losing the working class...
by design | Feb 4, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Piper Seeks Appointment Cortney Piper began lobbying for an appointment to the Knox County Board of Education just as soon as the news broke that incumbent Mike McMillan had died. Piper sent an email to 8th District County...
by design | Feb 4, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Machine Man: Barratt O’Hara of Illinois By Ray Hill There have been numerous political machines throughout the country; some infamous still to this day. Most of those political machines were to be found in big cities. Tennessee had two active political machines, both...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Giving new meaning to the term ‘birds-eye view’ By Tom Mattingly In December 1966, the Basketball Vols opened the William B. Stokely Athletics Center, an enlarged version of the Armory-Fieldhouse on campus. Seating capacity went from 7,500 in the Armory to...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
MacIntyre Commitment Bodes Well for UT By Mark Nagi There was a time when the Tennessee quarterback position was the land of misfit toys. Quinten Dormady. Jarrett Guarantano. Brian Maurer. J.T. Shrout. Will McBride. Harrison Bailey. You might not remember all those...
