by Joe Rector | Dec 29, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector It’s time to reflect upon the 2014. I do that instead of making resolutions, which, in my case, are nothing more than a list of good intentions that rarely are fulfilled. Instead, I reflect upon the past year and try to figure out what I’ve learned. For...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 29, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major She handed me a tiny box with my name on it. When I lifted the lid to see the gift inside, it was a beautiful ornament. I held it up by the red velvet ribbon hanger; its sparkles reminded me of a glistening, new-fallen snow. At a glance, I could...
by design | Dec 29, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Uncategorized
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” — Marcel Proust I do not usually make a habit of quoting dead Frenchman in this column but please bear with...
by Ray Hill | Dec 28, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Senator Kenneth D. McKellar once claimed that outside of the three men who served as President of the United States, Robert Love Taylor was “the best-known man to the Republic at large that Tennessee has ever produced”. It well may have been true. Robert...
by design | Dec 21, 2014 | Absher, Archives, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com For 2014, the Tennessee State Report Card indicates that the high school graduation rate in Knox County was 88.7%. But 11.3% of students who entered ninth grade did not graduate with a regular diploma, and will not be ready...
by design | Dec 15, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Christmas came early for me this year, though I’m not sure why. Some years I wait and wait and wonder if I’ll ever get the Christmas spirit. But, it eventually comes, though sometimes prompted by the Christmas movies Becky and I love and watch...
