by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I don’t blame anyone for cashing any of the Covid Relief checks sent out in 2020 and 2021, but everyone would have been better off if all this money had not been sent out. Everyone is paying for it now in the inflation that...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Somebody named Joy Behar on something called “The View” made the following incredibly dumb statement: “Once Black people get guns in this country, the gun laws will change. Trust me.” She apparently must...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When someone is charged with the crime of theft, that theft usually results from the theft of goods from a store. That theft charge is what we normally think of as shoplifting. The Tennessee laws that discuss theft and shoplifting are Tennessee...
by design | Jun 27, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely I think my interest in railroad depots goes back to my childhood when my family lived just up the tracks from an active station. I recall a railroad trip to Louisville, Ky., once by train from our home in Williamsburg, Ky., and since then my own family...
by design | Jun 26, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley 36% is Nothing to Brag About Recently, the Knoxville edition of USA Today blared the headline 36% of students in Tennessee were reading at grade level as if it were something to be proud of. That is according to statistics pre-pandemic. The headline...
by design | Jun 26, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Even today people remember the “Battle of Athens.” At the time it occurred in 1946, it was also known as the “Battle of the Ballots.” The closest thing the election battle resembled was a Latin American revolution. While tensions had been simmering for...
