by design | Oct 1, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
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...
by design | Oct 1, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Tragedy of William Knowland By Ray Hill William Fife Knowland seemingly had everything; born into a wealthy and powerful family, he eventually found himself in the United States Senate representing California. Rising to become the Majority Leader of the U.S....
by design | Sep 25, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
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...
by design | Sep 25, 2023 | Black, Columnist
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...
by design | Sep 25, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
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...
by design | Sep 25, 2023 | Columnist, Major
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....
