by design | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I noticed the announcement on the door of the Doctor’s lounge. It was another list of drug shortages similar to the one that appeared last July. I assumed the first one was an aberration. Apparently it was not. I read over the current list...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major We waited—and it came. The world seems to come to a stop, or at least slow down, when Mother Nature blankets the earth in snowflakes. What was once a common sight in East Tennessee winter is now more rare. The second week of February 2014...
by design | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore Tai Chi means Supreme Ultimate in the Chinese language. I thought I would be taking Tai Chi lessons a while back but little inconveniences kept getting in the way. The first week — bad weather, the second week–a bad cold, third week, my...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman This was supposed to be the season that the Tennessee Volunteers returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011. There wasn’t going to be any “bubble” talk this time around. The Vols returned one of the SEC’s top scorers in senior guard...
by Steve Williams | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams His players hadn’t heard of “Rupp’s Runts,” but Halls High School basketball coach Randy Moore knew about the famous Kentucky team of the mid-1960s coached by Adolph Rupp. I had heard Moore had a “short” team this season, so I asked him if he would...
by Joe Rector | Feb 24, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I watched “Good Morning Joe” recently, and one short segment discussed a bill in Kansas that allows spanking. It says the teachers and parents may spank a child and leave marks. Prior to this bill, spanking was allowed only if it didn’t leave any marks...
