by design | Apr 27, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Washington State Russell V. Mack By Ray Hill By trade, Russell Vernon Mack was a newspaperman, owning and publishing the Hoquiam Daily Washingtonian before getting elected to Congress. Educated at Stanford University and the University of...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Israel – Killing Ambulance Workers, Starving Little Children By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On Palm Sunday (April 13), Israeli bombs destroyed the surgery and intensive care sections of the “last fully functional hospital in Gaza City,” according...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Black, Columnist
What Would Adam Smith Do? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I read Adam Smith’s “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” in my junior year at Georgia – yes, we actually had to read books when I was in...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Brownian Motion Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein By Dr. Jim Ferguson Some may find it odd, but lately I’ve been thinking about Brownian motion. And because I believe the best writing is about things that interest the...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Take Good Care of Her By Joe Rector Congratulations to Gage and Ashley Sharp on the birth of their daughter Olivia Grace on April 15. A family was born with the child’s arrival, and while I’m thrilled for my friends, I wouldn’t trade places with them for a billion...
by design | Apr 21, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
Background Checks of Child Care Workers By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are a new parent, or maybe even an experienced parent, and you have concerns about whether your children are safe with the workers in their daycare, you may want to review Tennessee Code Annotated...
