by Ralphine Major | Oct 19, 2015 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major It was a beautiful fall evening when we arrived. By the time customers started coming for the book signing, a terrible storm had descended on Knoxville. Wayne and I were honored to be among the authors of Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc. and other...
by design | Oct 19, 2015 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m not a birdwatcher, but a writer finds it hard not to write about things under his nose or on his mind. And on returning from Colorado, I still have magpies on my mind. We don’t have these handsome birds in Tennessee, but they are common on...
by Steve Hunley | Oct 18, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley For those folks who don’t realize it, Tennessee does have a state income tax; it’s called the “Hall Income Tax.” The Hall Income Tax applies to the income received by folks from stocks, bonds and interest. Some of the revenue generated by the Hall...
by Ray Hill | Oct 18, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill The relationship between any two people is usually at least somewhat complicated; between two personalities like Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Alben Barkley of Kentucky, it was especially so. Barkley, despite not being one of the more senior members of the...
by Mike Steely | Oct 18, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com It’s hard to imagine what the little settlement of Knoxville looked like before the place became a town. When the territorial governor was looking for a location for a capitol, he considered the Southwest Point Fort in what is now...
by design | Oct 12, 2015 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Every language has its own collections of wise sayings. They offer advice about how to live and also transfer some underlying ideas, principles and values of a given culture. These sayings are called “idioms.” I saw a friend a few days ago and she asked...
