by design | Jun 6, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On my first day as judge in 1982, Gary Tulloch, then the Chief Probation Counselor for East Tennessee, told me that 98% of the defendants in felony cases came from broken homes. He would have been much more accurate...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my Focus column of May 9, I wrote about the wide variety of jobs I had, both full and part-time, while I was a student at Holston, U.T. and George Washington University. I think every job, even when I was a bat-boy for...
by design | May 23, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This past Friday night at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, a sweet, beautiful woman named Vickie Dowling became Mrs. John J. Duncan, Jr. Vickie and I were in the Sunday School and Bible Schools at the old Park City...
by design | May 16, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Anyone who saw Sen. Elizabeth Warren screaming in front of the U.S. Supreme Court a few days ago saw possibly the most hateful, angry woman I have ever seen. I think probably the only ones who were favorably impressed by her...
by design | May 9, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A few years ago, I was speaking to about 100 eighth graders in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol. One of the students asked me if I liked my job. I immediately replied that I loved my job and felt very lucky to have it. I...
by design | May 2, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The Biden Administration has gone so far to the left that they have messed up about everything they have touched so far. What a record: high gas prices, highest inflation in 47 years, illegal aliens flooding in at record...
