by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Herculean Herman Hickman’ By Tim Mattingly When Tennessee squared off in the Charity Bowl against New York University on Dec. 5, 1931, at Yankee Stadium, it may not have been an officially recognized bowl game (the NCAA doesn’t count this and other...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
You Steer Where You Stare By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor “You steer where you stare.” I recently heard this statement from Jimmy Dykes, an ESPN and SEC basketball analyst, while speaking to a group of seniors from Gibbs High School. It...
by design | May 11, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley PBS Has Become Biased President Trump’s executive order cutting the funding received by PBS is long overdue. “Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the...
by design | May 11, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Senator From Washington State Hugh B. Mitchell By Ray Hill Hugh Burnton Mitchell was a scholarly man with an earthy streak who had made his way through life as a sports reporter when he found the Great Depression had left him unable to finish his courses at...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
Writing a Codicil to a Will By Jedidiah McKeehan Estate planning makes sure assets are distributed according to an individual’s wishes. In Tennessee, people who have drafted a will may need to make changes without rewriting the entire document. Personally, I recommend...
by design | May 5, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
I Wish I Could Stop Reading About The Slaughter In Gaza By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As I sat in church last Sunday before the service started, I thought maybe I read too much. I wish I had not read about Mohamed Hegazy, a seven-year-old Palestinian boy...
