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by design | Jan 9, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Merit Council Running Amok The antics of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office Merit System Council members – – – Gina Oster, Jim Jennings, and Jim Wright – – – continue to illustrate an unelected board run amuck. ...

Division II produced 17 state championships

by design | Jan 9, 2022 | Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Williams Division II did its part in the Knox County gold rush of 2021. High school student-athletes and teams from Christian Academy of Knoxville, Webb School, Knoxville Catholic and Grace Christian Academy had their sparkling moments throughout the year....

The Political Odyssey of Dayton Phillips

by design | Jan 9, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill From 1920 until his death in 1961, the most personally popular politician inside Tennessee’s First Congressional District was B. Carroll Reece. That can be attested to on a variety of fronts, not the least of which are the election returns from that...

Why does the Left want Open Borders?

by design | Jan 9, 2022 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Just to make sure that I am fair and balanced, I read some of the left-wing press. It seems to think that the border crisis is some made up right wing fantasy concocted to keep the base inflamed. I wonder...

Biden, Democrats hurt middle class most

by design | Jan 9, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com CNBC published a report at the end of the year that said middle- and lower-income people spent about $3500 more for the same products in 2021 that they had bought in 2020. This was from the highly-respected Penn Wharton...

Science, politics and football

by design | Jan 9, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:

If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore — it’s propaganda. Aaron Rodgers By Dr. Jim Ferguson Shaking her head, a friend told me she could not understand the abject lunacy of the Democrats. “You mean the people who masquerade as Democrats,” I quipped....
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