by design | Apr 14, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Trump’s Tariffs: Beyond Dumb By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Wall Street Journal called Trump’s tariffs “dumb,” and then he rolled out his plan for all to see. Now the Journal is calling them “dumbest.” Let’s recount. First, he said...
by design | Apr 14, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
Vols Non-Conference Schedule Fails to Impress By Mark Nagi College football is the greatest sport in the world… no matter what the powers that be do to destroy our love for it. Remember out-of-conference home and home contests? I certainly do. In 1990 and 1991,...
by design | Apr 14, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Always a masterful storyteller By Tom Mattingly John Ward, the legendary “Voice of the Vols,” was a masterful storyteller over the course of his lifetime (1929-2017) and his tenure on the Vol Network. Ward had seen it all over the years and was not hesitant in the...
by design | Apr 14, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Making A Difference Blind support is just as bad as blind opposition. Scott Atlas, M.D. By Dr. Jim Ferguson No sane person would deny that our country is in a mess. We are polarized like no time since the Civil War, and we are $36 trillion in debt. Jesus said a house...
by design | Apr 14, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
Our odd little towns A Day Away By Mike Steely I’ve lived in a lot of places around the nation, but I always end up returning to East Tennessee because it’s my home. I’ve been in most East Tennessee counties, all the large cities, many of the county seats, and much of...
by design | Apr 14, 2025 | The Daily Focus
Easter Extravaganza Hopping into Morning Pointe of Knoxville on April 18 Morning Pointe of Knoxville Assisted Living invites local families to its annual Easter Extravaganza on Friday, April 18, at 2 p.m. The Knoxville Easter Extravaganza will include an egg hunt, a...
by design | Apr 14, 2025 | Public Notice
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust executed May 4, 2018 by Frank E. Beaty and Janell L. Beaty as same appears of record in the office of the Register of Knox County, Tennessee, in Register’s Instrument No. 201805090066309, and conveyed in trust...
by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
School board approves contractor for new school, name for Gibbs field By Ken Lay Things were short and sweet for the Knox County Board of Education at its regular session meeting at The Summer Place Thursday afternoon. The proceedings were concluded in approximately...
by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Do They Think We Are Stupid? Four and a half years after the fact, and in some instances longer, the New York Times is coming to grips with what many of us have known as fact. Zeynep Tufekci, a Times columnist and professor of...
by design | Apr 13, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
Holston Hills Community, Country Clubs Host Dogwood Arts Kick-Off Party By Jamie Schnell schnellj@knoxfocus.com Historic Holston Hills Community Club members and guests celebrated the 69th anniversary of the Holston Hills Dogwood Trail on Sunday, April 6 with local...