by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Bullies make life harder By Joe Rector As has been stated in other pieces of mine, I was an ugly child. No, that doesn’t mean things are different now. A young boy with a burr haircut, buck teeth, a round belly, and popsicle-stick legs has little eye appeal. He is,...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Major
The Amazing Life of Elizabeth ‘Lib’ Peters McCluskey By Ralphine Major I thought she had a look of elegance. She was friendly and kind. She was also a great role model. She was Elizabeth Peters McCluskey—a pastor’s wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Winds of Change? I care about the reality of goodness, not the perception of it. Elon Musk By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps it’s just me, but I don’t remember so many salutations of “Happy Thanksgiving” as I heard this year. I found it infectious, so I responded in kind....
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Jellico to host a lost treasure forum More Than A Day Away by Mike Steely On Saturday, December 9, I’ll travel up to my hometown, Jellico, to be part of a forum about a lost treasure tale there. Years ago I published “Swift’s Silver Mine and Related Appalachian...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The border and the inaction of the Republicans in Congress By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Virtually everyone I know thinks that the southern border is a disaster. I just returned from my annual deer hunting trip in Eagle Pass, Texas,...
