by design | Jan 29, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The end of an era Longmire brothers retiring from Midway IGA By Ralphine Major It is a landmark in Gibbs Community. Coming from Knoxville on Tazewell Pike, the Midway IGA is located on the left soon after passing through the gap. For those coming by way of Harbison’s...
by design | Jan 29, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Tethered Dog Ordinance Approved The Knoxville City Council recently approved an ordinance making it illegal for people to chain their dogs up outside unattended. The change was adopted after a sometimes pointed debate, but the...
by design | Jan 29, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee’s Modern Republican Party: Dan Kuykendall, Part VII By Ray Hill No Republican had represented West Tennessee in Congress since Reconstruction yet Dan Kuykendall was making a spirited challenge to incumbent George W. Grider to represent Memphis in the House...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Making Sense out of Fed Policy By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The current commentary about the Federal Reserve is almost exclusively on how it is fighting inflation. The Fed has raised its Fed Funds target range from near zero to...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. Charles Krauthammer was considered by many, including me, to be the most brilliant columnist of our time. Unfortunately, he passed away in June of 2018 at the age of 68 from cancer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his columns which were syndicated to...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Cathedral I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Dr. Jim Ferguson My life is so different than it used to be. I had a rewarding career in medicine, but I could...
