by Steve Williams | Mar 12, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams It’s time to take the annual trip to Bracketville. Come along if you like. We’ll also visit Seed City and the last stop will be Pickit County. I’d like to start out this year from Thompson-Boling Arena, where we could congratulate Coach Rick Barnes...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 12, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman What a year it has been for Tennessee’s men’s basketball team. SEC regular season co-champions. As of press time, they had advanced to the semifinals of the SEC tournament. And you know what? They aren’t done yet. They made it to the NCAA...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 11, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley President Donald Trump’s Justice Department suing the State of California can come as no surprise to any rational person. A battle has been raging well before Trump’s election in 2016 over immigration policy in this country. California has for...
by Ray Hill | Mar 11, 2018 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill While now an apparently Republican “red” state, Texas was once solidly Democratic. Like Tennessee, Texas has produced some interesting political personalities; Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Senator Tom Connally, Governor John Connally (no relation to...
by design | Mar 5, 2018 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson The French have a term for feeling listless, weary or dissatisfied. Americans might say they have the blahs or the doldrums. Since English is an amalgam of many languages and cultures, the French word ennui is now part of our English lexicon. I’m a...
by design | Mar 5, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Ralphine Major I knew it as the building where our mother worked. The first time she worked there was before I was born. The second time was when she re-entered the work force and became our family’s primary breadwinner after our father developed heart...
