by Joe Rector | Jun 26, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
Neither Out Far Nor In Deep The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day. As long as it takes to pass A ship keeps raising its hull; The wetter ground like glass Reflects a standing...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 25, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced the Department of Justice will no longer engage in the practice of “third party settlements.” This was a common practice by the Department of Justice when Eric Holder was the Attorney General under the...
by Ray Hill | Jun 25, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill to 1915, United States senators from Tennessee had been elected by the state legislature. That same year Democrats were anticipating a primary, a year in advance of the 1916 general election. The primary would include a run-off election between the two...
by Ralphine Major | Jun 25, 2017 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major Their names are familiar. I saw Doctor and Macel mentioned in the late Woodrow Luttrell’s memories of the “Back When” series recently published in the Focus. Macel was Woodrow’s sister. I cannot recall a time when I did not know the names “Doctor...
by design | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Christmas has come to the Ferguson home in June. We’ve begun to move into our new house, but we’re still living out of boxes, and each one we open is like a surprise on Christmas morning. I’m still looking for the box that contains my underwear....
by Mike Steely | Jun 19, 2017 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely What may be the oldest settlement in our region is only an hour or so away. The village of Tellico Plains is, indeed, a gateway to the lower Smoky Mountains. The little town is just south of Madisonville and is an historic site that is the entry to the...
