by Steve Williams | Feb 13, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams If you haven’t read Joshua Dobbs’ “Goodbye, Tennessee” on The Players’ Tribune yet, be sure you do. It tells you a lot about Dobbs the person as much as Dobbs the quarterback, and also how much he thinks of the University of Tennessee and its...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 13, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So you are in downtown Knoxville, you just need to do one errand, and it will only take a second, and you cannot find anywhere to park! Surely it will be okay if you park in front of a fire hydrant for three minutes. You will put your flashers...
by design | Feb 13, 2017 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson C.S. Lewis begins his wondrous little book, “The Great Divorce,” by describing a “long mean street” shrouded in semi-darkness and drizzling rain. I feel much the same about cold and dreary February, whose only redeeming aspect is its shortness. I...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Both the Knoxville News Sentinel and the Maryville Daily Times have given coverage to some folks castigating Congressman John J. “Jimmy” Duncan for refusing to hold a special town hall meeting – – – just for them. Naturally, after...
by Ray Hill | Feb 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Cordell Hull had been in Congress since 1907 when he had only narrowly won the Democratic nomination, which inside Tennessee’s Fourth Congressional district was tantamount to election. Hull, only thirty-seven years old at the time, had been nominated by...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 6, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan We all see business names listed all the time, and these business names often have either, “LLC,” “Corp.” or “Inc.” written after the name of the business. What do those terms mean? What’s the difference between them? How did that company decide...
