Ben Byrd Did Not Like Bobby Knight

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com     When my fellow Focus columnist, Tom Mattingly, wrote recently about Ben Byrd, the longtime sports editor for the Knoxville Journal, it brought back some memories for me, too. I knew Ben well from being around...

TWO AMAZING APOLOGIES

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Two unrelated, very amazing, maybe even shocking, apologies were issued in mid-March by widely read political commentators. The first by Naomi Wolf, had been viewed by 3.4 million when I wrote this column. Dr. Wolf was a...

Tucker Carlson A Courageous Journalist

Tucker Carlson A Courageous Journalist By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Those in the media who are not supporting Tucker Carlson’s release of the January 6th video tapes from inside the U.S. Capitol should be ashamed. Their silence has been deafening. In...

Democrats Vote To Allow Children Into Drag Shows

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I would like for someone to explain to me why every Democrat in the Tennessee House and Senate voted against a bill designed to keep children from being taken to a drag show. Why in the world do these Democrat leaders want...

People Still Fleeing Crime, Taxes In Democrat Cities

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Crime is out of control in many, maybe even most, cities where the mayor and/or district attorney are liberal Democrats. It should be embarrassing to Democrats that all across the nation people are fleeing the cities and...