by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Is this Texas A&M’s Decade of Dysfunction? By Mark Nagi I hope that Tennessee fans realize that they are smack dab in the middle of the good ‘ol days. The football team has won 20 games in the last two seasons, including two bowl games. The men’s basketball team...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Where is the equity at the Westminster Dog Show? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I’m a dog person and dogs know it. Perhaps they sense it because they very seldom are aggressive toward me. I once was called by my vet who wanted to know...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Becky Massey Has Been A Great Leader In The State Senate By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I want to tell you about an amazing woman – State Senator Becky Duncan Massey. As most people know, Becky is my sister, so I admit I am biased. But it also...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Potemkin Presidency “Campaigns are snapshots and sound bites.” Dan Bongino By Dr. Jim Ferguson They all knew, and by now, so do we. They lied to us repeatedly, just as they lied about Russian collusion, Covid, January 6, Charlottesville and I could go on. So...
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Fireworks By Joe Rector The day began with my rising at 5:00 a.m. to go to work. By 5:30, I was mowing tee boxes with the mower headlights on. By 9:00, I was finished and on the way home. Once there, I took a shower to wash the grass clippings and mud splatters away....
by design | Jul 8, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Big Stone Gap A Day Away By Mike Steely Just over two hours northeast of Knoxville is a special small town loaded with history, scenery and myth. Big Stone Gap, Virginia, is in Wise County and near the Virginia-Kentucky state line and at the foot of a gap in...
