by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Palm Sunday was a special time for our family. Instead of going to our regular church, we made the trip to First Christian Church at the corner of Fifth and Gay. A holy time became more so as we stood in front of the church. Amy and I began attending FCC...
by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi I don’t believe in jinxes. I really don’t. So, believe me when I say that right now Tennessee’s athletics program is in great shape… and that the good times are going to keep on rolling. For many years, instability dominated that university and athletic...
by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly At its annual Awards Banquet, held April 8 in Knoxville, the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame honored long-time Knoxville journalist Marvin West with its “Lifetime Achievement Award” honoring his legendary professional career. He wouldn’t...
by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com At the end of March, the stock market panicked when the rate on the two-year Treasury briefly rose above the rate on the ten-year Treasury bond. This phenomenon is called an inversion of the Treasury yield...
by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my focus column last week, I mentioned the last national news article written about my career in Congress. Published in December of 2018 in news magazine The Week, it said: “He looked out for the interests of Main Street...
by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan You have probably never been questioned or arrested by the police, but, in the unlikely case this happens in the future, here are some tips to keep in mind and some misconceptions presented by movies and TV that you may want to avoid. When...
