Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley State Studies Rejection of Federal Education Funds The Tennessee General Assembly is beginning to seriously explore the possibility of rejecting federal money for education.  Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally and Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton...

On Almost Everything, Follow The Money

On Almost Everything, Follow The Money By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com   Almost everything the federal government does can be traced back to a very old saying: “Follow the money.” According to Wikipedia, the saying was popularized almost 50 years ago...

Rent controls: A solution to housing affordability?

Rent controls: A solution to housing affordability? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Knoxville’s mayor is said to favor rent controls as a “solution” to housing affordability. She, like most progressives, ignores Santayana’s “Those who...

Persecution

Persecution One is only poor, only if they choose to be. Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m sure you have felt it by now. It’s cooler and less humid; fall is in the air. We are blessed to live in the best part of the country with four distinct...

Nature’s Majestic Trees

Nature’s Majestic Trees By Ralphine Major “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.” The first line of Joyce Kilmer’s poem entitled “Trees” always comes to mind when I see the towering oak trees, leafy maple trees, huge beech trees, and many more....