by design | Jun 7, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Charles Edison was the son of one of America’s foremost innovators and entrepreneurs, Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas A. Edison is perhaps the best remembered inventor in American history. Yet when Charles Edison died, the Paterson Morning Call...
by design | Jun 1, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As I wrote last week, my grandson Madden graduated from high school. My compliments go to the administrative staff at Station Camp High School. Their efficiency made for an enjoyable ceremony that lasted little more than one hour. With the help of the...
by design | Jun 1, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor History has a way of remembering powerful people. Reality reminds us of one sobering truth: every earthly throne eventually becomes a graveyard. The names of Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate and Caiaphas...
by design | Jun 1, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely Maybe my interest in curious East Tennessee town names is because I’m from a little town with an unusual name. I was born in Jellico, Tennessee, an 1880s coal mining and railroad hub on the Kentucky border. I found that the name comes...
by design | Jun 1, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie. Mark Twain By Dr. Jim Ferguson No one in the universe, not even Allah, trusts the Iranians. During nuclear disarmament discussions with the Soviet Union in the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan...
by design | Jun 1, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S PREFACE: In my quest to identify Tennessee football’s “Best of the Best, By the Numbers,” sometimes the best selection is clear-cut, e.g. linebacker Steve Kiner (1967-69) for No. 57 or Hacksaw Reynolds (1967-69) for No. 64. Other...
