by design | Dec 14, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Beacon releases 2022 Pork Report Today, the Beacon Center released its most famous annual publication, the Pork Report. As always the report shed light on hundreds of millions of dollars of wasteful spending in Tennessee. Examples in this year’s report range from the...
by design | Dec 13, 2022 | The Daily Focus
Investiture of Judge Kyle Hixson Set For December 15 The investiture of Judge Kyle Hixson to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals is set for Thursday, December 15. Judge Kyle Hixson Investiture Tennessee Supreme Court Building 505 Main Street Knoxville, TN 37902...
by design | Dec 13, 2022 | The Daily Focus
It’s not too late to join us on Thursday (12/15) for. . . A (free!) Celebration of the Season with Music and Song! Thursday, December 15 2:30 ’til 3:30 Farragut Community Ctr 239 Jamestown Boulevard With Brian Salesky, former artistic director of...
by design | Dec 12, 2022 | Black, Columnist
A Post-Mortem on the Election By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Most people I know were disappointed in the results of the midterm election. The pundits almost unanimously predicted a “red wave” with the Republicans picking up as many as...
by design | Dec 12, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
I Wish I Still Had My 1967 Mustang By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my column last week, I mentioned what has been frequently described as America’s love affair with cars. I wrote about this in relation to the goal of environmentalists who control...