by design | Jan 11, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Thank You, President Trump The military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, the dictator of Venezuela, was both bold and brilliantly executed. Maduro sat atop a criminal government that had been almost certainly voted out of office and was only able...
by design | Jan 11, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill For decades, Tennessee was either a largely or solidly Democratic state, especially in statewide elections. Democrats also dominated the congressional seats from Tennessee save for the First and Second Congressional Districts. Tennessee had only once...
by design | Jan 5, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. Epictetus By Dr. Jim Ferguson I don’t remember making New Year’s resolutions. Maybe my reminisces have just been lost in the metaphorical sands of time. After all, I don’t remember phone numbers like...
by design | Jan 5, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely Let’s take a road trip along what was the Great Warrior’s Path and is now Highway 25E. Let’s head north and stop here and there along that road, originally blazed by Daniel Boone, and start at Bean Station. That little town was a very...
by design | Jan 5, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor It’s a new year! And with every New Year, I am constantly reminded of the story of a young woman and her mother-in-law tucked away in the Bible between the times of the judges and the books of history. After...
by design | Jan 5, 2026 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Dewey Warren was one of the first University of Tennessee T-formation quarterbacks in the 1960s. Nicknamed the “Swamp Rat” when he was in high school in Georgia, he’s now 80 years old but doesn’t look it. How did he get that nickname? “People ask me,...
