by design | Oct 25, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly The 1990 Mississippi State game created a number of memories for those Tennessee fans who survived the heat and humidity of a Sept. 8 afternoon game in Starkville, Mississippi. The game was part of the former WTBS television (Channel 17) package and...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley During the 2020 election we were told Joe Biden was not just a worn out old man; rather he was a marvel of energy, a regular wizard of innovation, and generally an all-round whiz-bang. And nine months into his administration, durned if he...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “Cry Aloud and Spare Not” That was the motto of the notorious “Parson” William G. Brownlow’s Whig newspaper. That same motto was adopted by the Parson and his partner, Captain William Rule, when they published the Knoxville Chronicle and Whig....
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, was born and raised in Sewanee where her father and grandfather managed the grocery section of the University Supply Store for a combined total of more than 70 years. Lynn had a book entitled “Sewanee...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force. – George Orwell By Dr. Jim Ferguson I just received a Christmas gift at Halloween! A shipment of my new novel, “Mantis,” just arrived by UPS, so I decided...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I was going to include a joke about socialism, but I realized that was redundant. Most of the opposition voiced over the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending bill has been its size. However, the bill should be opposed because...
