by design | Apr 27, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. I once got a full-time job as a newspaper reporter because many people on the left do not believe in freedom of speech for those with whom they disagree. This has been seen most vividly during the rare times that well-known conservatives...
by design | Apr 20, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John Duncan Jr. Democrats should be very embarrassed that people all over this country are fleeing Democrat-run cities and states as fast as they can. They are fleeing the high taxes and moving to conservative, low-tax, Republican-run cities and states, but...
by design | Apr 13, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. The week before last, I told the story of how I became a batboy and how Earl Weaver became a manager for the Knoxville Smokies. Weaver went on to become a Hall of Fame manager for the Baltimore Orioles. I said in that column that I thought there...
by design | Apr 6, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. On March 23, CBS News published a national poll saying that two-thirds of the American people felt the Iran War was a war of choice rather than one of necessity. The war has grown even less popular since then. I have been to many public events...
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 23, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. I am still very grateful to the people of East Tennessee for giving me the privilege of serving them for 30 years in the U.S. House. During each of those years, I attended the State of the Union Address by the president. I also have attended the...
