by design | Sep 8, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I am at that age when cleaning up, organizing, and trashing things is part of my routine. During one of those cleaning frenzies, I found a long piece of toilet paper with writing on it. Oh man, suddenly I was transported back to the age of six. During my...
by design | Sep 8, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
Remembering September 11, 2001 — Twenty-Five Years Later By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor Some mornings refuse to become ordinary history. September 11, 2001, began beneath a beautiful blue sky. The kind of September morning that gave no...
by design | Sep 8, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When Tennessee came on the field for the 2024 game at Oklahoma wearing white jerseys and white pants, a UT spokesperson told ABC the combination “is considered UT’s traditional road garb.” Sometimes, in the wrong hands, the concept of “tradition”...
by design | Sep 8, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The power of hate never ceases to amaze and disturb me. Hatred is the face of evil. We have all seen the irrational rants, marches, wanton destruction, threats, violence and assassination attempts of the lunatics with TDS, co-opted by evil’s...
by design | Sep 8, 2026 | The Daily Focus
Suicide is a major public health concern. In fact, more than 49,000 die by it each year in the U.S. – an average of more than 130 deaths per day. And, in Knox County, the Regional Forensic Center investigates more than 200 suicides per year in East Tennessee. “It is a...
