by Jedidiah McKeehan | Mar 6, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you have ever been in a courtroom, then you may have noticed the gentleman up near the judge’s bench, in dress jackets, wearing badges and surveying the crowd. Who do these people think they are anyway? They are not lawyers, they are not...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 6, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major With only one snow and record-breaking warm temperatures, January and February are behind us. March has arrived with her usual windy conditions. As I pen this column, several schools have already dismissed in anticipation of the thunderstorms...
by Joe Rector | Mar 6, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector At some point in this country’s existence, things turned upside down. Black became white, up became down, and lies became alternative truths. The last one listed is something with which all of us have lived and in which we have participated during our...
by Steve Williams | Mar 6, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams The University of Tennessee has thousands of fans scratching their heads again. And that’s putting it mildly. Only UT could find a way to hire a new athletic director and at the same time alienate one of its finest and most loyal head coaches of all...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 6, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Well, it finally happened. More than 6 months had passed since Tennessee athletics director Dave Hart announced that he would be retiring, leaving behind a legacy of Title IX problems, unnecessary lawsuits that cost the University millions, a coach...
by design | Mar 6, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson My wife Becky remembers her dreams; mostly I don’t. Perhaps it’s because dreams are so often random if not totally wako. Some years ago I wrote an essay about dreams concluding that no one knows why these nocturnal visions are necessary for our...