by John Duncan | Mar 1, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. My long-time chief of staff, Bob Griffitts, is to me a true hero. He is such a humble man that I am sure he would be embarrassed for anyone to say that to him. During his 30 years working on my Congressional staff, he helped thousands of people...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 28, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley These days we hear an awful lot about “social justice.” The recent shootings of three teenagers inside the City of Knoxville illustrate the difference between action and real commitment and mere symbolism and virtue signaling. Stanley Freeman Jr.,...
by Ray Hill | Feb 28, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Congressman Sam R. Sells, a veteran of ten years in the U. S. House of Representatives, was being hard-pressed for the Republican nomination in 1920. Carroll Reece had been a farm boy who had fought with distinction during the First World War and taught...
by Tom Mattingly | Feb 28, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattibgly Three significant hires in the early 1960s had a profound impact on the University of Tennessee athletic program and its history. Dr. W. J. Julian, known best as “Doc” or “Doc Julian,’’ and Haywood Harris came on board in 1961, as director of...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 22, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Oftentimes in a divorce case I will have a conversation with the client and they will say something like, “the second they get the paperwork they are going to go empty out our bank accounts.” I tell them, “Well, they may, but once they are served,...
by John Duncan | Feb 22, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. As almost all Focus readers know, I grew up in a political family. I have been involved in politics since I was a small boy. After all these years, about the only certain thing I can tell you is that the pendulum swings. Sometimes it swings for...
