by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
On turning 77 years old By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When does one become an old person? For me it was today, December 26, when I realized I am now 77 years old. By anyone’s standards that’s old. I was born in 1946 and supposedly may be the...
by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Merry Christmas By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com This Christmas, like all the ones before, I am grateful to have been blessed with great parents who had struggled to get an education and who made it easy for me and my brother to go to...
by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Democrats And Republicans Used To Get Along Better By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A worker at Holston Hills Country Club a few weeks ago told me I was the only Republican he ever voted for. Many Democrats over the years have said similar things like that...
by design | Dec 25, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Do As I Say, Not As I Do Joe Biden routinely has threatened to go after “tax cheats” and has called on the better-off to pay their fair share. Evidently, that doesn’t apply to First Son Hunter. Just about every member of the...
by design | Dec 25, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Life With Wild Bill By Ray Hill George Graham Vest, an outstanding attorney and U. S. senator from Missouri, is still remembered to this day for his tribute to dogs. Vest had been hired by Charles Burden whose dog, Old Drum, had been killed by his brother-in-law,...
by design | Dec 18, 2023 | Black, Columnist
My University of Georgia Commencement Address By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Let me be among the first to congratulate all of you on your achievement – that of graduating from this wonderful university. You are joining an...
