Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Desperate Davis Habitual candidate Elaine Davis has been a Democrat and a Republican. Davis was appointed to the Knox County Commission as a Democrat in 2006.  That same year she ran as a Democrat for the county commission and lost.  In 2008 she ran...

Biden Blames Everybody But Himself

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com President Biden a few days ago blamed high gas prices on everyone but himself, and he has done this repeatedly over the last few months His latest attack was on those who own gas stations and another blast blaming it on...

I like Elon Musk

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I like Elon Musk. I appreciate his genius from his pioneering work with Tesla -daring to start an electric car company when none of the basic fundamentals made sense – to rescuing America’s space program...

Recovering

Considering how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings, how astonishing, when the lights of health go down, the undiscovered countries that are then disclosed, what ancient and obdurate oaks are uprooted in us in the act of sickness…...

Which Way to the Smoky Mountains?

By Ralphine Major “Bring your camera!” he shouted.  “There’s a bear out here!” “A bear?” I questioned.  This was the first-ever sighting of a bear at our place, though it is highly possible bears have been in our area before.  But we have never seen one. Our schedule...