by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Can we survive another election cycle? By Joe Rector For most of us, the Christmas lights and trees are stowed away until next year. I imagine those who might have celebrated too much are now over any hangovers. Students returned to school on Thursday for the second...
by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Saban Steps Aside, Tennessee Rejoices By Mark Nagi Last week it was announced that Nick Saban was retiring and would no longer be the head football coach at Alabama. With that, church bells rang out from Athens to Gainesville, Oxford to Starkville, Columbia (take your...
by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
468 pages cover-to-cover By Tom Mattingly The “2023 University of Tennessee Record Book,” another in a line of documents once historically referenced as a “Football Media Guide” or a “Football Brochure,” covers 468 pages and offers answers to nearly any question the...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Idiotnomics We’ve all heard about the wizardry of “Bidenomics” and the dunderheads in Washington are all wondering why folks aren’t dancing in the streets for joy. Apparently, the dunderheads all employ illegal aliens to do their...
by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John Sparkman of Alabama By Ray Hill For forty-two years, John Sparkman served the people of Alabama in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. An enthusiastic advocate for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Sparkman was considered a...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Black, Columnist
No more ‘elite’ universities By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I don’t know who anointed certain universities as “elite” but they are elite no more. Presumably, those universities once had the highest standards for admissions...
