by Ray Hill | Apr 28, 2019 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill With just weeks away from Election Day, the three candidates competing for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate, incumbent John Knight Shields, General Lawrence D. Tyson, and Nathan L. Bachman, picked up the pace of their respective campaigns. ...
by Ralphine Major | Apr 22, 2019 | Columnist, Major
The Hen House at Calfee Farms By Ralphine Major In high school, I knew her as Becky Turner—captain of the color guard in the Gibbs High School Marching Band and daughter of a Baptist minister. By the time I caught up with her at “The Hen House at Calfee...
by design | Apr 22, 2019 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Easter is over, with its lovely aroma of Easter lilies and the glorious rising of Jesus to overcome the sting of death. I got to thinking, however, why does it come on a different Sunday each year? As you know, Christmas comes on the same date but not...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 22, 2019 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan “Redact” or “redacting” are legal terms you may have heard, or you may have heard of them in some CIA or other politically centered movie. But what do these terms actually mean? Merriam Webster’s Dictionary defines “redact” as, “to obscure or...
by Joe Rector | Apr 22, 2019 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I’m from another generation, another time, and another planet. I must be an alien because so many things in this life baffle me. From social media to television programming, nothing makes sense to a member of the “Baby-Boom” generation. I have a Facebook...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 22, 2019 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman In recent years, Tennessee has not been a “destination” job when it mattered most. In football, Lane Kiffin memorably bolted for his “dream job” at Southern California in 2010. In men’s basketball, Cuonzo Martin, who many fans were happy to see leave,...