by design | Mar 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Michigan: Charles E. Potter By Ray Hill History is full of obscure figures, but it is also like a dusty old closet that is full of interesting things once opened and examined. Charles Potter looked like a small-town accountant with his horn-rimmed...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Fortress America By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com It looks like Trump will abandon Ukraine in his pivot toward Russia. That should come as no surprise to the Ukrainians, who are accustomed to being abandoned by the United States and left...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Great Words From Trump And Other Presidents By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I think one of the greatest statements ever made by a President of the United States was by President Donald Trump in his inaugural address on January 20, 2025: “We will measure...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Cured By Joe Rector A few weeks ago, I discussed my severe case of car fever. Well, I am healed! Yes, I took the dive and bought a new “used” car. It’s my brother’s fault. He asked me on a Saturday to ride with him as he completed some errands. When I told him I...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
Let’s Split the Baby By Jedidiah McKeehan I have had the opportunity to practice law in a number of different counties and courtrooms. Because of that, I have probably been in front of more judges than most lawyers and in my opinion, almost all are trying to do a good...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
My encounters with the homeless By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com A homeless man lay on the sidewalk recently one block from the City-County Building right next to the busy Main Street and Walnut Street intersection. I noticed him when I left the...
