by design | Apr 5, 2023 | The Daily Focus
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE LAUNCHES “SLOW DOWN TENNESSEE” ON APRIL 14 36,870 Speed-Related Crashes Occurred Statewide from 2018 to 2022. TENNESSEE – On Friday, April 14, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) will join public safety partners statewide to...
by design | Apr 4, 2023 | The Daily Focus
Scruffy City Orchestra Announces 2023 Spring Concert Scruffy City Orchestra, Knoxville’s other orchestra, presents its 2023 spring concert, “A Composer’s Sketch.” Led by Ace Edewards, the orchestra is part of the Cathedral Concert Series at the Cathedral of the Most...
by design | Apr 3, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Two unrelated, very amazing, maybe even shocking, apologies were issued in mid-March by widely read political commentators. The first by Naomi Wolf, had been viewed by 3.4 million when I wrote this column. Dr. Wolf was a...
by design | Apr 3, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Socialism: Caveat Emptor By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Socialists hate capitalism because it works so well. Capitalism’s critics living in capitalist economies complain and whine because capitalism produces prosperity. Socialism...
by design | Apr 3, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
It’s not what’s served, but who’s around the table that counts. Becky Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson The only time I lived away from Knoxville was during medical school and internal medicine residency in Memphis, Tennessee. I don’t miss Memphis. And although I had lived...