by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
December Saturdays to Remember By Tom Mattingly Rarely have three consecutive December Saturdays been as significant as Dec. 4, Dec. 11, and Dec. 18 were in 1965, following a successful Tennessee football season. These were December Saturdays that forever changed the...
by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The New Order The news media did not lose its credibility. It threw it away. Don Surber By Dr. Jim Ferguson I begin this last column of the year on a high note of optimism. The year 2024 was the proverbial Alexander’s “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad [year].”...
by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Still Living In Andy Of Mayberry Days By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, sometimes told people that I didn’t like change and that I still lived in Andy Griffith of Mayberry days. Then, one day about 15 or 20 years ago, I read in the...
by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Democrats and the politics of envy By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Kamala Harris ran ads as the “candidate of change” promising a “new way forward.” She apparently forgot that she was Joe Biden’s vice president. Did this mean she was...
by design | Dec 29, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
2024: The Year Of Whoppers By Steve Hunley As the New Year approaches many Americans are feeling a sense of optimism. In thinking over the last year, I can’t remember a time in my life when the American people have been treated like they were utterly ignorant and...
by design | Dec 29, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Oregon: Rufus Holman By Ray Hill Oftentimes the success of a candidate for public office has as much to do with the particular times, the mood of the public at a given moment. One of the advantages of being a United States senator is the length of a...
