by design | Jul 13, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Since I retired from the athletic department in 2005 and the president’s office in 2006, I rarely get back to campus. When I do, I find that things have markedly changed. The memories linger, however, and among the fondest are those that happened on...
by design | Jul 12, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley I Am Disappointed In UT The University of Tennessee made an announcement that made the national news and startled many Tennesseans. The University of Tennessee announced its Board of Trustees had approved a $1.9 million legal settlement to Tamar...
by design | Jul 12, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Hamilton Fish Kean doubtless is unfamiliar to most readers, but he served in the United States Senate and was part of a political dynasty that exists to this day. Kean’s son Robert Winthrop Kean served in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty...
by design | Jul 6, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely As I’ve shared before, my wife and I have visited most of Tennessee’s state parks as well as many parks in our surrounding states and several national parks. A new Tennessee park is now on our bucket list, and it looks very, very...
by design | Jul 6, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor In 1889, a tragic engineering failure occurred at the South Fork Dam in Pennsylvania. The dam held back millions of tons of water and had been neglected for years. Important safeguards had been removed, and...
by design | Jul 6, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Two weeks ago, my iPhone dinged at midnight. Sleepy-eyed, I looked at it and saw that my phone provider was sending a verification code. My thoughts were to leave it alone and take care of it in the morning. Throughout the night, I received...
