by Ralphine Major | Jan 7, 2013 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Hers was one of the last Christmas cards we received just before Christmas, and it was special. So is she! We met Jessie several years ago at a local restaurant after church one Sunday. She was the server for our table, and something about her...
by design | Jan 7, 2013 | Baker, Columnist
By Sarah Baker It has been a very dreary winter here in Knoxville. With the yucky, wet weather and the constant talk of fiscal cliffs and local court fiascos, it has been hard not to feel weighted down by this winter. Lots of folks I know are in the thick of the...
by design | Jan 6, 2013 | Archives, Columnist
By Tasha Mahurin mahurint@knoxfocus.com The history of the University of Tennessee football program is steeped in tradition and rich with legend. Sports casters utter names such as Neyland, Majors and Fulmer with a sense of reverence. Yet, in the annals of Vol...
by Ray Hill | Jan 6, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill William Edgar Borah was one of the most celebrated members of the United States Senate during his time. Enormously popular in his state of Idaho, Borah was an impressive orator, regularly filling the Senate galleries when he spoke and his speeches were...
by Ray Hill | Dec 23, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Few members of the United States Senate had as colorful or stormy a career as Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana. The fact Wheeler came to represent Montana in the Senate in the first place was an accident of fate, as Wheeler had been born in Hudson,...
by Ray Hill | Dec 16, 2012 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill It seems highly unlikely anyone could be elected to any office today if he or she exhibited just a few of the eccentricities that were a part of James Hamilton Lewis. Lewis was even for his time somewhat eccentric in his appearance and dress, but he...
