by design | Oct 7, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Criminal If you doubt the existence of evil, then consider hatred as evidence of that malevolent force. Jim Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson The October surprise that we’ve come to expect every presidential election season occurred September 27, 2024. Biden/Harris’ Deputy...
by design | Oct 7, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Kuwohi joins other Cherokee-based place names in our region A Day Away By Mike Steely The U.S. Board of Geographic Names recently approved a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, the Cherokee name for...
by design | Oct 7, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Cooking with new-fangled machines By Joe Rector I watched Amy prepare supper the other night. The stove and counter areas were covered with a variety of new appliances for the task. I marveled at how easily she worked those machines and how delicious the meal that she...
by design | Oct 6, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Republican Rally A Huge Success Last Thursday, Knox County saw its most enthusiastic gathering of Republicans in decades at an old-fashioned rally featuring barbecue and bluegrass music. Over 600 people came through the doors and...
by design | Oct 6, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Southern Gentleman Winfield Dunn Editor’s Note: The Knoxville Focus is running this reprint of Ray Hill’s column from September 2013 on former Governor Winfield Dunn to honor his passing last month. By Ray Hill Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn was born July 1, 1927,...
by design | Sep 30, 2024 | Black, Columnist
On the Fed’s rate cut By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com As widely anticipated, the Fed announced a cut in its Fed Funds target rate. Mind you this is not a cut in market interest rates but a cut in the interest rate on overnight bank...