by design | Jul 31, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
You are always allowed to represent yourself… but should you? By Jedidiah McKeehan From time to time, I will have a consultation with someone, and it becomes clear to me that they are pumping me for information so they can try to represent themselves. Sometimes...
by design | Jul 31, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely My fascination with ghost towns goes back to my childhood and growing up along the Tennessee and Kentucky border where there were many abandoned coal mining towns. I remember visiting places like Morley, Pruden and Habersham shortly after...
by design | Jul 31, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. Philip K. Dick By Dr. Jim Ferguson I realize it’s challenging to discern the truth these days. Some might even argue, “What difference at this point does it make?”...
by design | Jul 31, 2023 | Columnist, Major
First Day of School By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It may not have had the flair or fanfare seen in many social posts today, but the picture shown here was taken on one of my first days of school in the early sixties. Mother used her Kodak camera to capture...
by design | Jul 31, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Sharing the Dark with Neighbors By Joe Rector The tree man dug in the apparatuses on his feet and began climbing the dead pine tree. It stood at least 75 feet tall with long, brittle branches from mid-trunk to the top. He cut whole limbs and let them crash to the...
by design | Jul 30, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Johnson vs. Blackburn? Word is trickling out that state Representative Gloria Johnson will seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat currently held by Marsha Blackburn. While Johnson hasn’t officially announced her...