by design | Sep 12, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
An unmatched feat in Tennessee football history By Tom Mattingly The journey from the misery of an 0-6 start to the 1988 football season to four SEC titles and the national championship in the ensuing 10 seasons began Oct. 22 at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis. No one...
by design | Sep 12, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting the Cable Mill in Cades Cove A Day Away by Mike Steely You may have visited Cades Cove many times but there’s probably something you didn’t know about the old mill at the center of the loop road there. The large cove nestled at the base of the Smoky Mountains...
by design | Sep 11, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Republican Women Elect Democrat Chair Much has been made of the results of the recent elections in Knox County and women composing, for the first time in history, a majority on the county commission. Women hold 6 out of 11 seats...
by design | Sep 11, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee and Right-to-Work: The Tennessee Congressional Delegation and the Taft-Hartley Bill By Ray Hill The 1946 election saw a Republican electoral tidal wave. The Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a Tennessean, Congressman Carroll Reece. The...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
A Giveaway That Will Hurt The Working Class By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The publication Advisor Perspectives on Bloomberg News called President Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt a “costly mistake” and “a giveaway that harms...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Hanging On Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. DH Lawrence I will fight the good fight. I will keep the faith and I will finish the...
