by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
For tho’ from out our Time and Place, The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face, When I have crost the bar. —Alfred Lord Tennyson By Dr. Jim Ferguson You may find it strange, but I begin this Memorial Day essay reflecting on poetry, especially...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely East Tennessee is rich with large attractions known nationwide yet there are some almost hidden places that draw local citizens looking to have an unofficial outing and family fun. Most of these places are fairly unknown outside the local rural...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The details are horrible; the images, heart-wrenching. How could this senseless tragedy happen again in our great land? It is difficult to understand the evil that snuffed out 19 young lives and two teachers in an elementary school. This despicable...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector It had been a while since I’d ventured to the Bijou Theater, and Amy had never been there since we moved back to Knoxville from Cookeville in 1974. The other night, we made a go of it and attended a concert at the theater, and good Lord, it was a...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Many people see being an attorney as a very solemn and serious profession. People have seen Law & Order and those lawyers on there are rarely smiling, not to mention that ominous music playing in the background. No question, lawyers handle...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices. This means that much of the conversation about the cause of the current inflation is confusing at best and essentially wrong. The administration has...
