by design | May 8, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Regular readers of my column know that my wife, Vickie, and I got married last May 20th after we both had lost our previous spouses to very serious illnesses – her husband to Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and my wife to strokes and...
by design | May 1, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In 2002, I received a call in my Washington, D.C., office from a man who identified himself as Robin Naysmith, head of the Scottish Section of the British Embassy. He said they had done some research and found that I had...
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
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...
by design | Apr 17, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Trump Indictment Fueled By Hatred, Partisan Politics By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Donald Trump has said and done things in his personal life that his strongest supporters wish he had not said or done. Many liberals and leftists have said...
by design | Apr 3, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
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...
by design | Mar 27, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
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...
