by design | Jun 2, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Grace Perfection is the enemy of good. Attributed to Shakespeare and Voltaire By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m beginning to wonder whether summer will ever come. Memorial Day is the traditional start of summer, but rain and the chill of spring just keep hanging on in K-town....
by design | Jun 2, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Merely a way to start the game, nothing more’ By Tom Mattingly There’s nothing like the excitement of the opening kickoff. Is it better to kick or receive? Gen. Bob Neyland and Bowden Wyatt always wanted to let the other team have the ball first. There are...
by design | Jun 1, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Too Little, Too Late, Jake Jake Tapper is out making the rounds with his new book about Joe Biden’s mental decline. Tapper describes the cover-up of Biden’s seriously deteriorating mental state as a scandal bigger than that of...
by design | Jun 1, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Senator From Louisiana: John H. Overton By Ray Hill Short and pudgy, John Holmes Overton served as United States senator from Louisiana from 1933 until his death in 1948. Throughout the first part of his senatorial career, Overton suffered from his affiliation...
by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Milestones Our hearts remain restless until they rest in thee, oh Lord. St. Augustine By Dr. Jim Ferguson The notion of time is a human concept. We consider our past and the future while living in a whirlwind of present moments. The past shapes the present, which...
by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
A Fifty-Year Reunion By Joe Rector In 1970, I graduated from Karns High School. Four years later, I received a B.S. degree from my favorite university, Tennessee Tech. Those who are trained in the simple mathematical operations can quickly see that both of these...
