by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Worst, Most Wasteful Appropriations Bill By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Last week I wrote about the shameful way the last Congress ended its session by passing one of the worst, most wasteful omnibus appropriations bills in U.S. history. One...
by design | Jan 3, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Congress Passes Historically Bad Bill By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Congress has proven once again that the easiest thing in the world to do is to spend other peoples’ money. The one-trillion, seven hundred-billion dollar bill passed in Washington on...
by design | Dec 27, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
COVID-19 Was Political From The Start By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Jane Fonda said just before the last Presidential election that “Covid was a gift to the left.” I believe that Covid-19 was used in a very political way right from the start. People...
by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
The Night Beau Corrected The Preacher By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My oldest grandchild, Beau, is 19 now and is a freshman at U.T. He has made very good grades, worked at part-time jobs, and has become a very good and kind young man. However, he shocked...
by design | Dec 12, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
I Wish I Still Had My 1967 Mustang By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my column last week, I mentioned what has been frequently described as America’s love affair with cars. I wrote about this in relation to the goal of environmentalists who control...
by design | Dec 5, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
Environmentalists Want To Force People To Drive Less By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My Dad told me many years ago – probably in the 1980s – that there were more cars in most high school parking lots than there were at UT when he started there in...
