by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
When things are unsettled at quarterback By Tom Mattingly The 1971 Tennessee football season offered Vol fans a crash course in what can happen when things are unsettled at quarterback. From 1965 on, the quarterback position was in good hands: Charlie Fulton...
by design | Dec 18, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Local Bias? The daily newspaper claims to be unbiased, but it has a definite leftist slant to its stories. Nor does the daily newspaper much like Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. The publicity about Bryan Hair, Jacobs’ former chief of staff, seemed...
by design | Dec 18, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee’s Modern Republican Party: Dan Kuykendall, part IV By Ray Hill Both of Tennessee’s seats in the United States Senate had been up for election in 1964 due to the death of Estes Kefauver in 1963. Republicans in the Volunteer State had run two serious...
by design | Dec 12, 2022 | Black, Columnist
A Post-Mortem on the Election By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Most people I know were disappointed in the results of the midterm election. The pundits almost unanimously predicted a “red wave” with the Republicans picking up as many as...
by design | Dec 12, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
I Wish I Still Had My 1967 Mustang By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my column last week, I mentioned what has been frequently described as America’s love affair with cars. I wrote about this in relation to the goal of environmentalists who control...
by design | Dec 12, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana By Dr. Jim Ferguson I was a big fan of the X-Files. Back when we used to trust the FBI, I loved watching agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate odd mysteries while combating...