by design | Dec 19, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
We have been conditioned to think that only politicians can solve our problems. But at some point, maybe we will wake up and recognize that it was the politicians who created our problems. –Ben Carson By Dr. Jim Ferguson Tis the season to be jolly… rose lustily...
by design | Dec 19, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly For longtime Vol fans, the 1985 Tennessee football season might well have happened yesterday. Memories are still fresh, with the team being remembered fondly. On the evening of Nov. 30, 1985, Vol fans stood much taller and much prouder, savoring...
by design | Dec 19, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This will be my first Christmas in 44 years without my sweet wife, Lynn. I dedicated my book to her and put on the dedicators page that she was the only woman I was ever in love with. No one ever affected my life as...
by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly It was early on the second Monday in November 2006. That was more than 15 years ago, but it really seems more recent than that. That’s when a cursory examination of the day’s News Sentinel obits revealed this significant piece of information:...
by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Back when my daughters were little and I used to read to them, one of my personal favorites was “Oh, The Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” This was...
by design | Dec 13, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The longer I live, the more I see that life is circular: what goes around comes back again at some point. That includes both good things and bad ones. The key is to try to improve on the way we handle those events the second time around. Bill Jones and...
