by design | May 13, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Think Your Cornbread’s the Best? Prove It at Marble Springs’ Cornbread Cook-Off & Recipe Swap – May 31 Do you have a cornbread recipe that always gets folks asking for seconds? Whether you’re a home cook with a family tradition or a food business with...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Trump saves the Canadian Liberals while throwing stones By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Canada just asserted its sovereignty. Before Trump’s tariffs, the Canadian Liberals were on the run. A sluggish economy and the boorish tactics of...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
A Joke That I Fell For Completely By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I was in Congress, one of my committees was the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This was good for East Tennessee because, as the chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee, I...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Theodicy Question What is essential is invisible to the eyes. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry By Dr. Jim Ferguson Any compassionate person struggles with injustice, the antipode of fairness. Many moons ago, my children would occasionally complain that I wasn’t being...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Complaining By Joe Rector Well, I’m wondering if the rain will ever stop. I know that in a couple of months, my concern will be over too little rain for plants and lawns to survive. So it goes with the human condition; we are never happy unless we have something about...
