by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
A Downed Tree Sparks Memories By Joe Rector Well, it took 9 ½ inches of snow, several inches of rain, and the runoff from the upper yard to do it, but the old pine tree at the end of the woods finally came crashing down. It occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Amy came into...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘He could take his and beat yours or take yours and beat his’ By Tom Mattingly As Tennessee fans, we sit in a stadium each fall named in his honor and memory. We drive on a four-lane road near that stadium named after him. A great many students have...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Law Director’s Race: Experience vs. Inexperience What does a candidate say when he has no record of success of any kind? For one thing, he doesn’t discuss any real issue, especially when he doesn’t grasp the duties of the office...
by design | Feb 25, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Maine’s ‘Mr. Democrat’ Louis Jefferson Brann By Ray Hill Years ago, Maine was one of the most reliably Republican states in the nation. While Democrats there weren’t quite as rare as Republicans were in the South at the time, they were used to losing elections. Even...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
Adultery: Grounds for Divorce or Not? By Jedidiah McKeehan Often when people speak to me about filing for divorce, they speak about how they want to file for divorce on the grounds of adultery. Under Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-4-101, adultery is a basis for...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Trump Has Been Right On Nato For Years By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com President Biden said Donald Trump’s statement about NATO was “dumb, shameful, dangerous, un-American.” Never has such a mean-spirited partisan political statement been made from the...
