by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Budget time is wasted time By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Budget time, where the congressional baseball game is just as productive as any appropriations debate. But that devalues the baseball game. I would say that Congress is wasting...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
The Way Most Americans Feel About Foreign Wars By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I was in Congress, the least popular, least respected members were the biggest publicity seekers – the ones who were the first and quickest to run to the cameras. They were...
by design | Jul 6, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Of Knoxville Scores Very Low On Beacon Center’s City Freedom Index Study The Beacon Center has released its latest City Freedom Index for Tennessee, which is very interesting. The City Freedom Index quantifies how local...
by design | Jul 6, 2025 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Famous Grainger Co. Tomato Festival coming soon By Mike Steely If you’ve never attended the Grainger County Tomato Festival, you’ve missed one of the region’s largest free events. It’s coming on Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, and it’s our neighboring county’s...
by design | Jul 6, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Augustus O. Stanley of Kentucky By Ray Hill Every state conjures politicians who are highly controversial and two of Kentucky’s most polarizing political figures were Augustus Owsley Stanley and his rival, John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham. Both men were Democrats and...
by design | Jun 30, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘A sackful of gimmicks and a burning desire to succeed’ By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S NOTE FOR PERSPECTIVE: This story was first written on June 12, 2007, after news broke a day earlier that Ray Mears (Nov. 8, 1926-June 11, 2007) had died in Knoxville. Much...
