by design | Jul 16, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Municipal Judge: Experience Matters Some folks are shaking their heads wondering why the Sierra Club would endorse a candidate for Knoxville’s Municipal judge. Just what threat to the environment is represented by traffic court? The incumbent...
by design | Jul 16, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Oscar DePriest of Illinois By Ray Hill The name of Oscar DePriest will surely be unfamiliar to most readers, but during his time, he was a political power in Chicago and was the first Black person to be elected to the City Council in the Windy City. DePriest also...
by design | Jul 10, 2023 | Black, Columnist
No more race-based admissions By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I found it interesting that the immediate reaction to the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in university admissions was to render dire predictions regarding...
by design | Jul 10, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Elvis And I Sound Great Together By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Several months ago, the book I wrote about my career, “From Batboy to Congressman – Thirty Years in the U.S. House,” was one of the books featured in the Southern Festival of Books at the...
by design | Jul 10, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
It is time to stand up, step up and speak up; we have a country to save. General Michael T. Flynn By Dr. Jim Ferguson What a relief that “pride” month is over. I do not celebrate the exhibitionists and activists who have unfortunately become the face of the gay...
by design | Jul 10, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’ play set for this weekend in Dayton A Day Away By Mike Steely If you haven’t planned anything for Friday and Saturday this week you may want to drive over to Dayton, Tennessee, and attend the Scopes Trial reenactment, “Destiny in Dayton.”...