by design | Nov 13, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Last Civil War Veteran in Congress Charles Manly Stedman of North Carolina By Ray Hill Charles Manly Stedman had announced he would not run again to represent his people in Congress in 1930. The eighty-nine-year-old congressman had served for the past twenty...
by design | Nov 7, 2022 | Black, Columnist
Racial Discrimination in Our Universities and the Supremes By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Supreme Court is going to hear arguments in a case about racial preferences. Harvard University and the University of North Carolina – Chapel...
by design | Nov 7, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
Camp Lejeune Bill Is Unpatriotic, Unfair To Taxpayers By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I am sick and tired of all the ads some lawyers are running hoping to get rich off of the so-called Camp Lejeune Justice Act. The bill could end up being called the...
by design | Nov 7, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away by Mike Steely A little more than two hours from Knoxville is a huge number of waterfalls, especially near Franklin, North Carolina. My wife and I went in search of some of the falls recently. Near Highlands, N.C., east of Franklin, there’s a waterfall...
by design | Nov 7, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Never have so few done so much harm to so many. Greg Gutfeld By Dr. Jim Ferguson The British statesman Winston Churchill was a master of the turn of phrase, defined as the wording of thoughts in a distinctive, artful or memorable way. In a famous WWII speech,...
by design | Nov 7, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
The Power of Voting By Joe Rector I took the plunge this week and voted early. I enjoy casting my ballot without having to stand in line for hours in cold or wet weather. Amy and I traveled to the Karns Senior Center and the entire process took no more than ten...
