by design | Apr 9, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The big news across Tennessee was the convergence of 500 people who rushed into the Capitol building shouting, “No action, no peace!” following the shootings by Audrey/Aiden Hale of three children and three adults. The “protest” was organized by...
by design | Apr 9, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill During the eighty-one years that comprised the life of Dewey Jackson Short, folks knew he was here. Short was a true son of the hill country of the Ozarks and a gifted speaker who could hold his audiences spellbound, sometimes referred to as the “Hillbilly...
by design | Apr 9, 2023 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A Day Away by Mike Steely Named for the former Tennessee Senator who served as president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the Andrew Johnson Highway begins when Asheville Highway splits and the northeast portion becomes the AJ Highway heading toward Jefferson...
by design | Apr 3, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Two unrelated, very amazing, maybe even shocking, apologies were issued in mid-March by widely read political commentators. The first by Naomi Wolf, had been viewed by 3.4 million when I wrote this column. Dr. Wolf was a...
by design | Apr 3, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Socialism: Caveat Emptor By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Socialists hate capitalism because it works so well. Capitalism’s critics living in capitalist economies complain and whine because capitalism produces prosperity. Socialism...
by design | Apr 3, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
It’s not what’s served, but who’s around the table that counts. Becky Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson The only time I lived away from Knoxville was during medical school and internal medicine residency in Memphis, Tennessee. I don’t miss Memphis. And although I had lived...
