by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Lonely By Joe Rector The human soul goes through a flood of emotions during this time on earth. They lead an individual to unmeasurable joy or insufferable sadness. Of all these emotions, perhaps none is as ravaging as loneliness. My life has been filled with love and...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
What is a Bench Trial? By Jedidiah McKeehan We have all seen a TV show a movie where the main characters are passionately arguing their case to the jury of 12 people who will decide what occurs. What many people do not realize is that many trials are decided only by a...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Black, Columnist
You Know You’re Old When … By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com You know you are old if: Your hair is growing in your ears and not on your head. Every artist you listen to is dead. The last movie you saw was “African Queen.” Old ladies...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Biden Finally Did Something Right By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Many years ago, during a hearing on a request for some new federal courthouses, Rep. (later Senator) Jim Inhofe whispered to me: “You could shoot a gun down the hall of almost any federal...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
Double Duty for Lauren Hurst in the future at UT By Mark Nagi A quarter century ago, Cleveland High School’s Vincent Yarbrough chose to play basketball at Tennessee. It worked out pretty well for Yarbrough, who went on to play in the NBA. Come this summer, another...
