by design | Apr 25, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly QUESTION: What does Neyland Stadium have in common with Wrigley Field? ANSWER: It took an eternity for lights to come to both venues. That raises another pertinent question. How did we ever get along without lights illuminating the playing field,...
by design | Apr 25, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
To [teach], or not to [teach], that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them. Hamlet abridged (William Shakespeare). By Dr. Jim Ferguson...
by design | Apr 25, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m moving into a clumsy stage of life. People have told me it would come, but I fooled myself into believing I could escape it. All my life, I’ve not been graceful or even close to being light on my feet, so thinking for even one second I could avoid...
by design | Apr 25, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com Nowadays it seems there is a special day designated for nearly everything. A few years ago, National Siblings Day was added to the month of April which was already packed with significant holidays including Palm Sunday, Good...
by design | Apr 25, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
A DAY AWAY By Mike Steely The Niagara of the South is about two hours north of Knoxville and has some features you won’t find many other places. While early explorer Dr. Thomas Walker is credited with naming the Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Gap and Cumberland...
by design | Apr 25, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com It must be the awards season. On TV, the Country Music Awards were hyped. Then we had the Oscars where the motion picture industry gives itself awards and where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. Then we had...
