Tennessee Football Welcomes Class of 2024

Tennessee Football Welcomes Class of 2024 By Mark Nagi I can’t be the only one who misses the old National Signing Day. The first Wednesday in February brought with it fax machines and madness as thousands of college football fans eagerly anticipated which players...

Tired of three things

Tired of three things By Joe Rector I know that I’m at an age where no one wants to hear what I have to say on any subject. Most folks just call me grumpy, or worse. For years, I commented on most controversial subjects and spared no one’s feelings. I’ve mellowed...

Finding Christ in Christmas

Finding Christ in Christmas By Ralphine Major As the Christmas celebration closes in 2023, did you find Christ in Christmas this year?  Perhaps you found Him while unwrapping a pretty package from under the tree.  Perhaps you found Him during the Christmas program in...

Populisms

Populisms By Dr. Jim Ferguson This will be my last Focus column of 2023. And even though there is little difference week to week, we are all, nonetheless, time-focused creatures. In his trilogy on the origins of Western Civilization, Thomas Cahill imagined a moment...

On turning 77 years old

On turning 77 years old By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com When does one become an old person? For me it was today, December 26, when I realized I am now 77 years old. By anyone’s standards that’s old. I was born in 1946 and supposedly may be the...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com This Christmas, like all the ones before, I am grateful to have been blessed with great parents who had struggled to get an education and who made it easy for me and my brother to go to...