by design | Apr 5, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Birthright Citizenship Should Be Banned The Supreme Court of the United States is reviewing the executive order issued by President Trump, which restricts birthright citizenship. The executive order issued by President Trump reverses what has been a...
by design | Apr 5, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Contrary to what we are led to believe, not everything is big in Texas. Morris Sheppard, who served more than 38 years in Congress for the Lone Star State, was a diminutive 5’4. Yet in fractious Texas, where bare-knuckled politics were commonplace,...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
Undocumented immigrants are the people Democrats care about most. Senator Chris Murphy By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve been thinking … Would it be easier to admit that you were wrong and change your ways or would you deny reality and double down on your mistakes? Democrats...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. One night in the summer of 1958, Joe Seymour, batboy for the visiting team playing against the Knoxville Smokies, fell and broke his arm running to get a stretcher for a player who had been hit in the head by a ball thrown by a Smokies pitcher. I...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams I can see Tennessee Athletic Director Danny White giving Kim Caldwell another year simply because he doesn’t want to admit that he was wrong in hiring her in the first place. And all that is going to do is throw the Lady Vols farther back in line. I...
by design | Mar 30, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Back in 2015, Tennessee’s men’s basketball program was reeling. They had just fired Donnie Tyndall after one season due to potential NCAA rules violations he committed while at Southern Miss. The Vols would now be looking for their third coach in four...