Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Graceless and Bad Manners As a kid, I remember old folks shaking their heads and muttering, “What is the world coming to?”  I didn’t understand it then, but now I get it, especially after I heard Prince Harry addressed the United Nations.  Evidently,...

Courage

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. –Nelson Mandela   Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision. –Winston Churchill   By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes beginning an essay is the most difficult part. My English...

I miss reading materials

By Joe Rector My dear wife Amy bought me a Kindle Fire so that I would have something from which to read books on the beach when we take our vacation. I like this new one because its battery lasts a long time, and the device can hold bunches of books without weighing...

Nature’s Picture Frame

By Ralphine Major The sights are not always picture-perfect.  Our region has been hit hard recently with high temperatures and powerful storms.  Thunder and lightning.  Power outages.  Flooding.  Downed trees.  Debris everywhere!  The storms have almost become a daily...

Rule of the minority?

  By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The left has always loved the judiciary making policy that fail to make it through the legislature. However, when the Supreme Court stopped making policy and started enforcing the law, the left...