by design | Mar 31, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
Jeremy Pruitt Back in the News Again By Mark Nagi Tennessee athletics is in as good a place across the board as it has ever been. Revenue and non-revenue sports are winning at a high level. Donations to the athletics department are up. Neyland Stadium continues to get...
by design | Mar 30, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Walz Vs. Jacobs … I’ll Buy A Ticket Tiny Tim Walz is running around the country making an even bigger fool of himself. During last year’s presidential campaign Walz didn’t have much of anything to say, perhaps because...
by design | Mar 30, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Senator From Washington State Harry P. Cain Harry Pulliam Cain was not an easy man to pin down. Perhaps it was a contrarian nature or his affinity for being unpredictable, but Harry Cain was a study in contradictions. As a member of the United States Senate,...
by design | Mar 24, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Truth, not glitz and glamour By Joe Rector Television programming at 7:00 in the evening is less than stellar. In fact, the choice of shows is limited to and made up of court shows and re-runs. Of course, some stations punish viewers with an extra half-hour of...
by design | Mar 24, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Anchor babies, Anchors away? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com How do you feel about birthright citizenship? That’s when any child born on U.S. soil or in its territories except American Samoa is automatically a citizen. Why American Samoa...
by design | Mar 24, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Presidents Almost Always Lose Power In Congress In Mid-Term Elections By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In the summer of 1964, I started working as a bagboy at an A & P Grocery Store on Asheville Highway. I was making $1.10 an hour, and I sent my...