by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Water By Joe Rector This past Sunday, our minister gave the second in a series on the book of John. She discussed the significance of water for Christians and the many things for which it is a symbol. Of course, baptism is the most obvious one. After church, I began...
by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Lost weekends’ By Tom Mattingly Over the years, there have been several “lost weekends” over the course of Tennessee athletics, a time when everything that could go wrong did. The recent Vanderbilt hoops weekend was one of them, two one-point losses at...
by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Super Bowl LIX Preview By Mark Nagi Ugh. Are we really doing this again? Super Bowl LIX is coming up on Sunday, featuring the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs. Like the dynastic Patriots, the Chiefs are the darlings of the league and seem to get every break known to...
by design | Feb 2, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Adios, Acosta Jim Acosta, who made a name for himself as the obnoxious and abrasive reporter covering President Trump for CNN, has announced his departure from the network. There are those of us who remember Acosta when he worked...
by design | Feb 2, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Carroll Reece and Jimmy Quillen By Ray Hill From 1921 until 1997, two men occupied the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s First District, with the exception of six years. Carroll Reece served 36 years, as did Jimmy Quillen; however, Reece’s...
by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The storm was building as kickoff approached By Tom Mattingly It’s still only January, but the memories of football seasons past are with us on an almost daily basis. It doesn’t take much to get the memory banks charged up. Someone says, “I remember the time,” and the...
