by design | Oct 23, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson With all that is wrong in the world today I sometimes lose sight of the beauty and the majesty of creation. A friend and a reader of my stories noted a sense of pessimism in my Focus musings. I will admit that I am a glass-half-empty kind of guy....
by Steve Hunley | Oct 22, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Evidently the Knoxville News-Sentinel has taken up the cause of allowing folks to copy public documents with cell phones. According to the Sentinel, this is a fundamental aspect of transparency required for the public good. The Sentinel is commending...
by Ray Hill | Oct 22, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee’s senior United States senator, John Knight Shields, had surprised tens of thousands of his constituents and infuriated many members of his own Democratic Party when he had voted to add reservations to the Treaty of Versailles in the Senate. The...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Oct 17, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Police brutality and police shootings are very much a hot button topic in the world today. It seems that we are presented with articles or videos showing individuals harmed or killed by the police on a regular basis. What does the law say exactly...
by Ralphine Major | Oct 16, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major I got as close to the stage as I could and snapped a photo with my instamatic camera. In those days, I do not think I had even heard of a camera with a telephoto lens or zoom feature. Satisfied that I had captured the image on film, I returned to...
by design | Oct 16, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson As I crossed the dark parking lot it happened again. This time I was not threatened, because the disheveled woman who approached me for alms was pitiable and obviously only harmful to herself. And in my heart and mind the conundrum replayed. Should...
