by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Politicians always make the appropriate clucking sounds when they are pandering to seniors. They will defend the Ponzi scheme that is Social Security to the death and oppose any change to the bankrupt system no matter how...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan A medical power of attorney is a term that gets thrown around occasionally regarding estate planning. However, what is a medical power of attorney? First, let us discuss what a power of attorney is. A power of attorney is a document you sign in...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely I’ll bet that if you walk outside at night and look up at the sky you’ll see a few stars. Our lights in the city and much of our region make it hard to see many stars. But if you’d like to see a really full view of the night sky there’s one place...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The day finally arrived when she added “hymns” to the lesson plan. Jewel Harris Atkins, my piano teacher, surely sensed the excitement she had created with the hymns. Scales and classical music pieces may have suffered through my week of...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Amy and I were strict parents, I much more so than she because my hateful voice matched my sore disposition. I didn’t say we were abusive; however, our children weren’t strangers to spankings. Our children did not run the household; that was Amy’s job,...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan One of the weirdly titled laws in Tennessee is the, “Implied Consent” statute. What in the world is implied consent? Implied consent means that by operating a vehicle on the roadways of Tennessee you have “implied your consent” to have your...