by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely Just north of Knoxville is a small town unique in its government and special in its creation. Maynardville is located between Knoxville and Tazewell along Highway 61/33, a road better known from Halls northward as Maynardville Highway. The...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Thucydides By Dr. Jim Ferguson With the pace of events, it’s becoming hard to pick the most important topic. I had planned to focus on fraud in Minnesota and elsewhere. But then New York City inaugurated...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector “Whew!” How many folks uttered that word on the Friday after Christmas 2025 had come and gone? Families united for a few days, but to be honest, many of those who left to return home, and the ones who hosted them were glad to wave goodbye. No matter how...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I have personally travelled to Jerusalem and other parts of the world, where I have observed the ruins of old city walls with observation towers. In St. Augustine, Florida, stands the Castillo de San Marcos....
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The College Football Playoff is broken. I know it. You know it. We all know it. From the completely unnecessary weekly ranking programs to the inherent bias towards Alabama, to their absurd parameters that they may or may not follow, the entire system is...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Most Tennessee basketball fans today know a great deal about Thompson- Boling Arena, a passable amount about Stokely Athletics Center, and darned little about the Armory-Fieldhouse. That’s too bad, because the precursors to TBA were the site of some...
