by design | Aug 25, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Fire Lutnick! By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The president fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, turning her into a cause celebre. Pardon me, but that was not a very smart move. The initial job...
by design | Aug 25, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘They’re going to catch you’ By Tom Mattingly The day was Oct. 22, 1977, in the year John Majors came marching home as head football coach at the University of Tennessee. The series grew in intensity in 1969, with a 14-13 Florida win in the Gator Bowl. The...
by design | Aug 25, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Vacation By Dr. Jim Ferguson Is the notion of a vacation irrelevant if you are retired and every day is a holiday from work? I retired from medicine after 45 years and a lifetime of meeting schedules. But now the publisher’s deadline for this weekly column is my only...
by design | Aug 25, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
The Tragic Truth on Passive Parenting By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor There is a haunting tragedy that echoes through history: it is possible to win in the world and lose at home. A pastor friend recently shared with me the story of a...
by design | Aug 25, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
How Contempt Works in Tennessee By Jedidah McKeehan When someone refuses to follow a court order in Tennessee, one of the tools available to address that issue is filing a motion for contempt. But what exactly does that mean, and how does it work? Being held in...
