by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘No hero like the first hero’ By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S PREFACE: This story dates to a luncheon held in March 2014 honoring Rev. David McMahan, who had been battling Stage 4 lung cancer and would die six weeks later. Special guests were former Vols John...
by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Great Words From President Trump And Others By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As many people know, I have spent most of my waking hours reading – books, newspapers, magazines – for work and pleasure since probably my early teens. Two of my favorite...
by design | May 27, 2025 | Black, Columnist
A Fake Constitutional Crisis By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Democrats and their sycophants in the media are screaming “Constitutional Crisis!” Being Trump haters and the guardians of unlimited government spending, they are whining...
by design | May 26, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Tax And Spend City Mayor Indya Kincannon, mayor of Knoxville, has announced another half-penny increase on the sales tax inside the City of Knoxville. Kincannon is proposing to let the voters decide in a referendum this November....
by design | May 26, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Making a New Senator By Ray Hill Estes Kefauver, Tennessee’s senior United States senator, was having a bad day on Thursday, August 8, 1963. Kefauver was in the midst of the rough and tumble of debate while the Senate considered an appropriation bill for NASA. The...
by design | May 19, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Bye Bye Europe? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am not a Europhile. I am grateful for Western civilization, culture, religion and Adam Smith. But in no way have I ever wanted to emulate any of the Europeans. British cuisine is so awful...
