by design | Jul 28, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
A new plan for high school education By Joe Rector I’ve been listening to all the educational innovations that are coming at the speed of light. I loved the career I had as a high school English teacher, but not enough money exists to entice me to go back—even for a...
by design | Jul 28, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
The Dirt Don’t Define You By Justin Pratt Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor If there are two things we should all desire in our walk with God it’s these: spiritual maturity and godly humility. In 2 Samuel 16, as King David was walking through one of the...
by design | Jul 28, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘A Life-Changing Experience’ By Tom Mattingly Cooper Manning’s son, Arch, had his coming-out party as starting quarterback at Texas at SEC Media Days in mid-July. That elicited significant memories of an association with the Manning family, particularly...
by design | Jul 27, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley The Greatest Scandal? If people were asked what is the greatest scandal to ever overtake a presidential administration, my guess is most would say “Watergate” under President Richard Nixon. The ongoing developments being released...
by design | Jul 27, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Senator From Wisconsin F Ryan Duffy Wisconsin was considered to be a solidly Republican state by the time F. Ryan Duffy waged a campaign to be elected to the United States Senate in 1932. Yet there were two strong elements of the Republican Party inside the...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Barney Fife Day (And My Birthday) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The date this column is published (July 21), I will have my 78th birthday. I call it Barney Fife Day because several years ago, I got a big kick out of it when I found this was also Don...
