by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Democrats And Republicans Used To Get Along Better By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A worker at Holston Hills Country Club a few weeks ago told me I was the only Republican he ever voted for. Many Democrats over the years have said similar things like that...
by design | Dec 18, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
I Hope Everyone Has A Merry Christmas By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Next Monday will be Christmas Day, and I hope everyone has one of the best Christmases they have ever had. Last year, I wrote a column about the night my grandson, Beau, corrected the...
by design | Dec 11, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
$77 Million To Not Coach Is Crazy By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A few months ago I wrote that I thought paying the Tennessee football coach $9,000,000 a year (over $24,400 a day) was ridiculous, and even in a way sinful. I wrote that Coach Heupel seems...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
JFK: U.S. Cannot Solve Every World Problem By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On November 16, 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave one of his most famous speeches at the University of Washington in Seattle. The words he spoke then are even more true today,...
by design | Nov 27, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Sex On An Airplane – A Clean Story By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I would like to invite you to attend a program about my career and a book signing at the Howard Baker Center at UT from 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 5. I have written a book...
by design | Nov 20, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
I Am Amazed At How Fast Time Goes By By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I am always amazed at how fast time passes. At the end of next month, I will have been retired for five years. When I announced in 2017 that I was going to retire at the end of the next...
