by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘The most difficult decision I’ve had to make in my life’ By Tom Mattingly Sometimes, the best coaching search is no search at all. Consider Dec. 4, 1976, a day all of Big Orange Country had breathlessly awaited. A Tennessee legend was coming home, nearly...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Fire Jay Powell? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com President Trump has been itching to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome (Jay) Powell. Although he appointed Powell to the post in 2018, Trump has found that he cannot publicly shame Powell...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Trade War – You Can Root For Trump Or For China By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I was a batboy for the Knoxville Smokies in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I did it for free the first and second seasons and then for $1.50 a game after that. In...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
The 80/20 Conundrum People elected me to do the job. President Donald Trump By Dr. Jim Ferguson How can a group be on the wrong side of every issue important to the American people? I’m not referring to the radicalized TDS types you see marching in the...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Historic Hancock County Jail and Museum burns More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely The history of East Tennessee’s Hancock County is different than any other county. Sneedville is the only incorporated town in the very rural county and, until recently, was proud of its...
by design | Apr 28, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
A Crisis of Trust By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor It all began with an unexpected package from Amazon—there was no note, just my name and the package from a kind, mystery sender. Inside the plain white bubble-wrapped package was a book...
