by design | Jul 18, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Convenience Store Industry Unites to Give “High 5 for Heroes” on 24/7 Day Fifth annual event celebrates first responders while raising funds for disaster relief. New partner expands the celebration to include scholarship donations for first responder family members....
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Random Thoughts On Current Events By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Since all the Democrats in the Tennessee Legislature voted against a bill to prohibit children from attending sexually suggestive drag queen shows, I hope some of them saw the video of the...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Finland: The World’s Happiest Country? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Do you pay attention to lists? Obviously, some people do or else no one would be compiling them. I occasionally will look for the best mystery or best science fiction...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
How do I get to see the game? By Tom Mattingly Sometimes a casual comment, a throwaway line, perhaps, engenders a response that is totally unexpected. Lindsey Nelson was set to call the 1958 Tennessee-Auburn game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., for NBC in late...
by design | Jul 17, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
A Trip to the Mid-Summer Classic By Mark Nagi There was a time when the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was one of the biggest sporting events in the country. There was something special about watching the stars from the American and National Leagues square off....