by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Something special right in front of you By Tom Mattingly Sitting in the press box or in some radio or television booth for many years was fun, and the view of the field was always spectacular. There was food and great camaraderie, highlighted, in most cases, by being...
by design | Feb 9, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley I Hope Senators Blackburn And Hagerty Will Stay In Senate And Continue To Help President Trump First I want to say that I supported and continue to support both U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty. I think both are...
by design | Feb 9, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, I For the decade from 1940-1951, the congressman from Tennessee’s reliably Republican Second Congressional District was John Jennings. Bald on top, bespectacled, a very good speaker and an equally good lawyer who had once served...
by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Will Trump observe Black History Month? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When I was young we observed Black History Week. In 1926 the eminent historian Carter Woodson proclaimed the second week in February “Black History Week.” This was...
by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Los Angeles Fires Made Worse By Environmental Extremists By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com A few days before the horrendous fires started in Los Angeles, the New York Times carried an article about the huge 1970s controversy over the snail darter that...
by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Whirlwind Trump has won and we have lost. Panel discussion at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos, Switzerland By Dr. Jim Ferguson It has been breathtaking to watch President Trump since January 20, 2025, which some are calling “liberation day.” His energy seems...
