by design | Mar 3, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Strong Man of North Carolina F.M. Simmons By Ray Hill It would surprise me greatly if one reader out of a thousand knew the name of Furnifold McLendel Simmons. Long ago consigned to the pages of history, there was a time when F. M. Simmons was the most potent...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Donald Trump is Herbert Hoover By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Donald Trump has this penchant for calling his opponents names. Although this is not presidential, there was scant little about Trump that is “presidential.” Democrats are...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
U.S. Senate Votes To Send More Billions Down Ukrainian Rathole By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The U.S. Senate passed a major foreign aid bill recently by a vote of 70-29. This bill will require spending $95.3 billion that we do not have. We have a...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
President’s Daze President Trump secured the border without a border deal. Senator Tim Scott By Dr. Jim Ferguson There’s not much to commend about February, except that it’s short. However, this is Leap Year, and we must endure an additional day of this drab month to...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The Gift of Time By Ralphine Major There never seems to be enough of it. Time. I have often thought that time plays tricks on our minds. One minute it seems like there is a world of time before the start of something; the next minute it has all but disappeared! We are...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
A Downed Tree Sparks Memories By Joe Rector Well, it took 9 ½ inches of snow, several inches of rain, and the runoff from the upper yard to do it, but the old pine tree at the end of the woods finally came crashing down. It occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Amy came into...
