by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Black, Columnist
What job growth? What inflation? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Far be it for me to say “I told you so,” but I told you so. I wrote that the monthly jobs report is usually a fabrication. The results come from surveys and are always...
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
My Golf Game Is Unbelievable (Part Two) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Anyone who has ever played golf at Holston Hills Country Club will be amazed, or at least get a kick out of this: I once hit a 16 on the eighth hole – the shortest, easiest hole on the...
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Consequential By Dr. Jim Ferguson I was 12 years old when I first visited Washington, D.C. I was a sixth grader then and part of my elementary school’s safety patrol trip. I remember little of that experience except climbing the 897 steps of the Washington Monument....
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Wisdom from a Wounded Tongue By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor “Once you burn your tongue on hot miso soup, you blow even on the cold sushi.” These words are from Hiroo Onoda, Japan’s most famous World War II holdout. These words are more...
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
New School Year Excitement By Joe Rector Life settled back to a normal state this past week. Children returned to school, some excited for a new adventure and some dreading the demands of classes. Either way, thirteen years of schooling are inevitable for most young...
