by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@ yahoo.com I often wonder what it is that draws younger generations to continue working in a family business such as the McGinnis Bus Lines. In the mid-1920s James A. McGinnis started the McGinnis Bus Lines with his very first school bus....
by design | Apr 24, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Safety Patrol By Joe Rector I made a quick run through Facebook this afternoon, and in one post, someone had placed a photo of an orange plastic mesh belt and a metal piece pinned to it. Do you know what it is? If you do, you’re probably an older person. I doubt that...
by design | Apr 23, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Demolition Debbie Debbie Helsley, candidate for city council, wants to start tearing down neighborhoods inside Knoxville. That’s the inference in a social media post last week by Helsley’s campaign for city council, which featured a drawing of Europe...
by design | Apr 23, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
James W. Wadsworth of New York By Ray Hill The name James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. is rather reminiscent of “Gilligan’s Island” and Thurston Howell III. To say that James Wadsworth was well-connected is likely a gross understatement. His grandfather, James S. Wadsworth,...
by design | Apr 17, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Pothole Pete, the Green New Deal and Air Safety By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I’ve written often on being governed by incompetents. The current example is the failure of bank regulators to enforce banking regulations. Another obvious...
by design | Apr 17, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Trump Indictment Fueled By Hatred, Partisan Politics By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Donald Trump has said and done things in his personal life that his strongest supporters wish he had not said or done. Many liberals and leftists have said...
