More Wildfires in Sevier County

By Ralphine Major Spring.  It is the season of Easter celebration, new life, and new growth with all its hope and beauty.  The mountains of East Tennessee are majestic especially in the spring.  But spring of 2022 once again brought tragedy to the region. Wildfires...

The Question of Open Borders

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Henry John Temple once said “Countries don’t have permanent friends only permanent interests.” How else to explain how our once enemies (Japan and Germany) are our friends and our once friends (China and...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is filled with hate

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Anyone who saw Sen. Elizabeth Warren screaming in front of the U.S. Supreme Court a few days ago saw possibly the most hateful, angry woman I have ever seen. I think probably the only ones who were favorably impressed by her...

Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Bud Armstrong will be the People’s Judge – Not the Lawyer’s Judge Georgianna Vines of the Knoxville News-Sentinel and Jesse Fox Mayshark of the online publication The Compass, seem to be stuck on the fact Richard “Bud” Armstrong did not receive...

Places I have not been yet

By Mike Steely Our region is a fantastic area to get out and take the family to visit places that are free or almost free. In my past “Day Away” columns, I’ve written about many of those places and you can review most of them on www.knoxfocus.com by selecting “Steely”...