by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Populisms By Dr. Jim Ferguson This will be my last Focus column of 2023. And even though there is little difference week to week, we are all, nonetheless, time-focused creatures. In his trilogy on the origins of Western Civilization, Thomas Cahill imagined a moment...
by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
On turning 77 years old By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When does one become an old person? For me it was today, December 26, when I realized I am now 77 years old. By anyone’s standards that’s old. I was born in 1946 and supposedly may be the...
by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Merry Christmas By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com This Christmas, like all the ones before, I am grateful to have been blessed with great parents who had struggled to get an education and who made it easy for me and my brother to go to...
by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Democrats And Republicans Used To Get Along Better By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A worker at Holston Hills Country Club a few weeks ago told me I was the only Republican he ever voted for. Many Democrats over the years have said similar things like that...
by design | Dec 26, 2023 | The Daily Focus
WANT TO GET SOME EXERCISE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR? COME TO THE UT ARBORETUM FOR A SHORT HIKE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 1 Do you get overloaded on football, food and festivities? The UT Arboretum Society is offering a great alternative: start out the year on the...
