by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse. Henry Ford By Dr. Jim Ferguson There is a new kid on the block in Knoxville, perhaps unknown to...
by design | Apr 18, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “They’re not making any more land,” our father would often say. When we were in school, my brother and I hiked up to the ridge near our dairy farm one day to take pictures for a class project. Nowhere was Mother Earth more...
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...