by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I would like for someone to explain to me why every Democrat in the Tennessee House and Senate voted against a bill designed to keep children from being taken to a drag show. Why in the world do these Democrat leaders want...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Wake Up, America! Fools are put in many high positions. Ecclesiastes 10:6 By Dr. Jim Ferguson When did it begin? I’m not talking about the banking collapse, Biden’s latest crisis. We’ve come to expect a weekly crisis from the sock-puppet president, his progressive...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Daydreams By Joe Rector One of my favorite songs from my teenage years is “What a Day for a Daydream” by the Loving Spoonful. It was mellow and light enough to bring a feeling of “all’s right with the world.” In opposition to that positive feeling, I remember teachers...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Major
The Treasured High School Yearbook It was a special day in spring when the yearbooks arrived at school! Often, orders for the long-awaited books had been placed in advance of the big day. The school yearbook was a treasure trove of pictures—students and...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Don’t you all take your football seriously?’ By Tom Mattingly These “rivalry games” in the SEC sure are fun, even though they are very intense from start to finish, 365 days a year. The banter on the chat boards, supposedly uninhibited, wild, and wooly, is part of...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee Baseball Preview By Mark Nagi It’s officially baseball time in Tennessee. Yes, I know that the Vols played their first game of the year more a month ago, but last weekend UT opened the SEC schedule with a three-game series at Missouri. And when conference...