by Joe Rector | Oct 2, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector In Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience,” he says that he meets the U.S. government once a year in the form of the tax collector. He refused to pay those taxes as a means of protesting the Mexican War, which he said enlarged the Southern lands that...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 2, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major A mere mention of the place can bring to mind childhood memories and special times, though there was a time when its popularity seemed to fade. The architecture of ranch-style homes and others nearly eliminated the front porch as many of us remember...
by design | Oct 2, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Though we hear much these days about concussions, football players are not the only victims of head injury. I aver that Americans have had their hearts and souls and minds assaulted for years, and the attacks just keep increasing. No one knows in...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 1, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley For six months I live without NFL football and I reckon I can live without it for the other six months. Evidently I’m not alone. Attendance is down and so are viewers. Perhaps more disturbing to team owners, so is revenue. Clearly, folks are unhappy...
by Ray Hill | Oct 1, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee had been staunchly for Woodrow Wilson, both in his 1912 campaign for the presidency and his 1916 reelection campaign. Tennessee’s junior United States senator, Kenneth D. McKellar, had been a fervent admirer of President Wilson as a member of the...
by Mike Steely | Oct 1, 2017 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Want a visit to the past? Interested in ghost towns or almost ghost towns? Probably no place in our region is more typical of small, 1880s era towns than Bulls Gap in southern Hawkins County. Located between Morristown and Greeneville the little town began before the...
