by design | Jun 23, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentlewoman From Tuxedo Park: Katharine St. George By Ray Hill For a time, Katharine Price Collier St. George was the First Lady of a swath of upstate New York ranging from her home in Tuxedo Park to Delaware County. That title came not from her pedigree, which...
by design | Jun 17, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Pretend Grass’ By Tom Mattingly When football spring practice and its aftermath were happening in 1968, there were definite undercurrents that would affect the program for at least the next 25 years. During that time, the Vols were trying to replace...
by design | Jun 17, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Somerset A Day Away By Mike Steely Somerset, Kentucky, is one of those small southeastern towns in the Blue Grass State that is worth an afternoon visit this summer. Its history is a bit different than other rural towns in our neighboring state and a day trip...
by design | Jun 17, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Happy Father’s Day, Dad By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com My dad died on August 13, 2002. He was terminally ill and in the hospital. He knew he was dying. He said that he had wanted to make it to his birthday on November 19 but had changed...
by design | Jun 17, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
A Terribly Lopsided, Very Cruel War Continues By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As I write this, in the last 15 days, Israel has bombed a tent city and a UN school and has killed 276 Palestinian non-combatants in a mid-day raid to gain the release of four...
by design | Jun 17, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Truth AND Consequences By Dr. Jim Ferguson Young whipper snappers may not remember the TV game show Truth or Consequences, but I do. Actually, I didn’t watch the show which began in the early 1950s. In my youthful years, I preferred Looney Tunes cartoons. Neither...
