by design | Sep 28, 2026 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Imagine walking through a parking lot on a hot afternoon and seeing a small child or a dog alone inside a locked car. They appear to be in distress, no adult is nearby, and the inside of the vehicle is getting hotter by the minute. Can you break...
by design | Sep 28, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
“ … my party has no message, no agenda, no plans for the future.” Douglas E. Schoen (Democratic political adviser and analyst) By Dr. Jim Ferguson Sometimes you do things, not because you want to, but because it is your responsibility. I had little desire to...
by design | Sep 27, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley County Commission Should Not Give Up Zoning Authority County Commissioner Courtney Durrett is proposing what appears to be a slight change that could potentially have big consequences should it be adopted. Durrett proposed the change after a comment...
by design | Sep 27, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer sounds like a name conjured by a writer like Margaret Mitchell, who wrote “Gone With the Wind.” The very name makes one think of Southern aristocracy, and while Lansdale Sasscer lived in a Border State, he was certainly born to...
by design | Sep 21, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly It was sometime very late in the evening of Oct. 12, 2002, going into the wee hours of Oct. 13. The Vols had just defeated Arkansas 41-38 in 6 overtimes at Neyland Stadium. Haywood Harris, unbelievably perky at that hour, was at his typewriter...
by design | Sep 21, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely The month of September is important in the history of Knoxville. It was the month the city was captured by Union forces, and the East Tennessee region remained in Northern hands for the rest of the war. Unlike the rest of the...
