• Home
  • About
  • Advertise
    • Classifieds
    • Media Kit
  • Archives
    • Archived Editions
    • COVID-19
    • Ray Hill’s Archives
    • This Week’s Focus
  • Find Us
  • Links
  • Public Notices
  • Weather
[simple-weather location="Knoxville" show_current="yes"]
  • Columnists:
  • Black
  • Duncan
  • Ferguson
  • Hill
  • Hunley
  • Major
  • Mattingly
  • McKeehan
  • Nagi
  • Pratt
  • Rector
  • Steely
  • Williams
[simple-weather location="Knoxville" show_current="yes"]
  • Columnists:
  • Black
  • Duncan
  • Ferguson
  • Hill
  • Hunley
  • Major
  • Mattingly
  • McKeehan
  • Nagi
  • Pratt
  • Rector
  • Steely
  • Williams

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....

Your Phone Calls in Jail Are Recorded

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

By Jedidiah McKeehan Let me say it right at the beginning: yes, your phone calls you make to and from jail are recorded. Yes, it is legal for law enforcement to do this. A few years back I was representing a criminal client on a drug case and the investigating office...

Adios 2021, welcome 2022! 

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

By Ralphine Major The Christmas carols have been sung; Christmas presents unwrapped; Christmas tree decorations put away; and Christmas celebrations with family have been captured in digital pictures to enjoy.  I pause to process the holiday timeline for 2021 and find...

Are you smarter than a high school student?

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

By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com Mark your calendar, put on your thinking cap, and tune into East Tennessee Public Service Television tonight for the start of the East Tennessee PBS Scholars’ Bowl. The popular academic tournament will be aired on PBS...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Categories

Recent Posts

  • CITY ADDS FUNDING TO PARKS, STREETSCAPE PROJECT
  • Legal and public notices for the week of December 1, 2025
  • The Knoxville Focus for December 1, 2025
  • Publisher’s Positions
  • Wreath Ceremonies set for December 13
Phone

865-686-9970

Email

staff@knoxfocus.com

Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
© 2025Knoxville Focus

Privacy Policy

Terms Of Use