by Steve Williams | Jun 5, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The day after the rains came at this year’s Spring Fling, causing repeated delays in softball and baseball games and forcing tennis play to move indoors, TSSAA Executive Director Bernard Childress said he was particularly sorry for the Powell High...
by design | Jun 5, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Often, the hardest part of writing is getting started. Sometimes I think I’ve said enough in this column after a half million words. This is especially true as another editorial deadline approaches. And then I get a phone call of praise or a fellow...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 4, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The mainstream media seems ever more comfortable in its refusal to cover increasing assaults on freedom and free speech. Take the case of Bret Weinstein, a professor of biology at Evergreen State College in Washington State. Keep in mind, Weinstein...
by Ray Hill | Jun 4, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Dr. John R. Neal was an American original; an educator, lawyer, state legislator, and perennial candidate for public office. Neal could have been the blueprint for the absentminded professor. Dr. Neal is frequently remembered for his many eccentricities,...
by design | May 30, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson You may not be aware of it, but Knoxville is in possession of a jewel. No, I’m not referring to the Knoxville Zoo or the University of Tennessee, both great aspects of our community. I’m referring to the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Recently, my...
by design | May 30, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore At the time of World War 11, I was nine or ten years old. As I walked in my neighborhood I noticed one or two houses with placards in the windows containing the American flag under which were five stars. When I asked my mother what they meant she...
