by design | Nov 6, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee’s Modern Republican Party: Dan Kuykendall By Ray Hill There are a handful of folks who deserve the lion’s share of the credit for creating a true two-party system in Tennessee. From 1900-1970, Tennesseans only elected three Republican governors. Howard...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Black, Columnist
Biased Anyone? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Wall Street Journal had an article about a nurse who was fired because she refused to take a test to reveal any implicit bias. Her reasons mainly involved her insisting she was...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
Issues Are More Important Than The Candidates By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com If I had been voting in either of the Republican Primaries for U.S. Senate in Georgia or Pennsylvania this year, I would not have voted for Herschel Walker or Dr....
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
As if the Sea should part And show a further Sea – And that – a further – and the Three But a presumption be – Of Periods of Seas – Unvisited of Shores – Themselves the Verge of Seas to be – Eternity – is [These]...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
A nonfamily reunion By Joe Rector A few weeks ago, Amy and I attended an event that was strange. We usually are good at finding such things. This one was a gathering at Admiral Farragut Park, and we had a fun time, even though it was confusing to understand. To begin...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
A Monetary Judgment You Cannot Collect On By Jedidiah McKeehan “That judgment is not worth the paper it’s written on!” There are certain phrases that all lawyers know and have ready to spout out if the situation is right, and this is one of them. What does this phrase...