by design | Jun 15, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
California Dreamin’ Nightmare By Steve Hunley For anyone who entertained for a moment that the corporate media in this country learned even a smidgen of a speck from the 2024 election, sorry to say so, but your bubble got busted. The rioting in Los Angeles sure as...
by design | Jun 15, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Old Time Democrat: Senator Pat McNamara of Michigan By Ray Hill Patrick Vincent McNamara was the kind of Democrat that is almost entirely extinct in today’s world. A traditional, working-class Irish Catholic and local labor leader. The child of a laborer, McNamara...
by design | Jun 9, 2025 | Black, Columnist
What happened to U.S. manufacturing? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The president says that he wants to bring manufacturing back into the country. Of course, he will fail. He is a short timer and highly erratic. Companies must have a...
by design | Jun 9, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
House Passes Bill To Add Trillions To National Debt By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Several years ago I was sitting on the floor of the U.S. House when there was a vote on whether to increase the national debt limit by another trillion dollars. I heard a...
by design | Jun 9, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
You can’t handle the truth! Marine Col. Jessup from A Few Good Men By Dr. Jim Ferguson You often hear it said that “The movie is not as good as the book.” While that may sometimes be true, I believe it’s more often an unfair comparison. Books have the space (and time)...
by design | Jun 9, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Bald River Falls Bridge reopens By Mike Steely Where else can you drive your car past a roaring waterfall and then safely park and walk back up the road to see it up close? The Bald River Falls Bridge has been closed for a couple of years, and the entire span in...
