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Growth Plan before Commission this month

by | Feb 20, 2024 | The Daily Focus

Growth Plan before Commission this month By Mike Steely “I made a huge mistake tonight when I stated the vote for the growth plan tonight was delayed to March.  I reviewed my email from staff and it is the Comprehensive Plan that has been delayed. Please send this to...

Adultery: Grounds for Divorce or Not?

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan

Adultery: Grounds for Divorce or Not? By Jedidiah McKeehan Often when people speak to me about filing for divorce, they speak about how they want to file for divorce on the grounds of adultery. Under Tennessee Code Annotated section 36-4-101, adultery is a basis for...

Trump Has Been Right On Nato For Years

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan

Trump Has Been Right On Nato For Years By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com President Biden said Donald Trump’s statement about NATO was “dumb, shameful, dangerous, un-American.” Never has such a mean-spirited partisan political statement been made from the...

Oil and Water

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson

Oil and Water There’s a difference between character and personality. Becky Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson A friend sent me a meme showing a traditional two-prong electrical outlet and a cord with three prongs. The caption read, “Democrats and Republicans are...

Hope Spring is on the Doorstep

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Major

Hope Spring is on the Doorstep By Ralphine Major It was somewhat of a surprise as they seem to have appeared almost overnight.  For the first time this year, shoots of green and even a couple of bright yellow blooms could be spotted among winter’s barren earth.  In...

Men panic, women think

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Rector

Men panic, women think By Joe Rector We all know the book  “Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus.” Without reading the book, any man who’s been married for a few years can vouch for that. Some of the more heated arguments Amy and I have experienced were because...

King of the Volunteers

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly

King of the Volunteers By Tom Mattingly Bernard King was definitely something special, from his first stroll on the court against Wisconsin-Milwaukee in December 1974 to the time the music stopped in Baton Rouge. That came in the first round of the 1977 NCAA...

The shame that is a tournament sport

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi

The shame that is a tournament sport By Mark Nagi Tennessee’s men’s basketball team has never been to the Final 4. You’ll hear that a lot in the weeks to come, as we get closer to the NCAA tournament. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has only been to the Final 4 once....