by Mark Nagi | Apr 19, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi When Josh Heupel was hired as Tennessee’s head football coach at the end of January, he went into it with his eyes wide open. Heupel knew that the situation he was inheriting was not ideal. This was a program coming off a 3-7 season that would also be...
by Joe Rector | Apr 19, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I called an old friend not long ago to see how he was doing and if he and his wife had completed their vaccinations against this cursed virus that’s plagued us for over a year. He assured me that all is well and he would soon receive both shots and be in...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 19, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you have ever been having a discussion with a lawyer about their work, you may have had a conversation with them that went something like this: You: What do you do for a living? Lawyer: I am a lawyer. You: What kind of work do you do?...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 19, 2021 | Columnist, Major
(Part 10 in series on Dwight Kessel) By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com He was first elected as Knoxville City Councilman in 1963, served as Knox County Clerk from 1966-1980, and became the first Knox County Executive (County Mayor) in 1980. Dwight Kessel’s 14...
by Harold Black | Apr 19, 2021 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black If Joseph Goebbels were alive he certainly would wholeheartedly approve of the number that the left has done on the Georgia voting law. Goebbels was Adolf Hitler’s Minister of Public Enlightenment (propaganda) who is reputed to have said that “a...
by John Duncan | Apr 19, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. One day at Litton’s Restaurant, Mike Edwards, a former UT basketball star, told me that when his grandchildren teased him about his white hair he told them it was not white, it was “Arctic Blonde.” Well, I suppose my hair is arctic blonde too....