by Ralphine Major | Feb 29, 2016 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com The package arrived shortly before Christmas. Certainly, the sender had made it look special in a “Peanuts” mailer. When I tore into it, it was special! Three framed photos. Instantly, my mind drifted back to the day they were...
by Joe Rector | Feb 29, 2016 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Here we are stuck in another winter. Punxsutawney Phil lied, although no human ought to put stock in anything a groundhog does or doesn’t do. I don’t understand why anyone would declare that winter is his or her favorite season. What I’ve noticed of late...
by design | Feb 29, 2016 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore “Jesus, the very thought of thee with sweetness fills my breast, but sweeter far thy face to see, And in thy presence rest. O hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek, to those who fall, how kind thou art! How good to those who seek!…....
by design | Feb 29, 2016 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson “You look good, Dr. Ferguson,” a patient recently told me. She then asked, “How do you feel?” Perhaps the latter was just a pleasantry of conversation – something we all do. None of us really expects or wants to hear about another person’s...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 29, 2016 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman It. Just. Keeps. Getting. Worse. Over the past few weeks, the University of Tennessee has made mistake after mistake in the eyes of the public. Some of those errors are serious in nature, others are fairly inconsequential, and others are out of...
by Ray Hill | Feb 28, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill For a time, there was no more influential Republican in the State of Tennessee than Newell Sanders. Sanders was a Republican at a time when the GOP was at a distinct disadvantage in the Volunteer State, yet he helped to build his party and became a...
