by design | Jan 7, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Re-electing the Senator: The Final Campaign of William B. Bate By Ray Hill By 1903, only two men had ever been elected to a fourth term in the United States Senate from the State of Tennessee: Isham G. Harris and William B. Bate. The two men had several things in...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Happy Anniversary, Emancipation Proclamation By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com January 1st is the 161st anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although universally acknowledged as an important historical document, the reasons for...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Thousands Of Small Children Are Being Killed In Gaza By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com “A badly burned toddler screamed for a mother he didn’t know was dead, screaming because doctors didn’t have enough painkillers.” “An eight-year-old whose brain is...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Memories by the bushel’ By Tom Mattingly Over the years, football fans seem to make critical, life-changing decisions about team allegiances in their most tender years and live with the impact of those decisions through the rest of their lives. College...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Heading North for a Birthday Weekend By Mark Nagi Regular readers of this column know just how much I enjoy traveling. Getting the opportunity to see new things, have new experiences, visit new places… it’s good for the soul and makes you appreciate what you have at...
by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The Promise of Christmas By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com A brief look back at this year is a reminder that 2023 brought its share of change and news. A brilliant red sky ushered in the winter, Gibbs Community lost one of its oldest members in Clayton Sharp, and...
