by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I would like for someone to explain to me why every Democrat in the Tennessee House and Senate voted against a bill designed to keep children from being taken to a drag show. Why in the world do these Democrat leaders want...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Wake Up, America! Fools are put in many high positions. Ecclesiastes 10:6 By Dr. Jim Ferguson When did it begin? I’m not talking about the banking collapse, Biden’s latest crisis. We’ve come to expect a weekly crisis from the sock-puppet president, his progressive...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Daydreams By Joe Rector One of my favorite songs from my teenage years is “What a Day for a Daydream” by the Loving Spoonful. It was mellow and light enough to bring a feeling of “all’s right with the world.” In opposition to that positive feeling, I remember teachers...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Major
The Treasured High School Yearbook It was a special day in spring when the yearbooks arrived at school! Often, orders for the long-awaited books had been placed in advance of the big day. The school yearbook was a treasure trove of pictures—students and...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Don’t you all take your football seriously?’ By Tom Mattingly These “rivalry games” in the SEC sure are fun, even though they are very intense from start to finish, 365 days a year. The banter on the chat boards, supposedly uninhibited, wild, and wooly, is part of...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee Baseball Preview By Mark Nagi It’s officially baseball time in Tennessee. Yes, I know that the Vols played their first game of the year more a month ago, but last weekend UT opened the SEC schedule with a three-game series at Missouri. And when conference...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Public Notice
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by design | Mar 20, 2023 | The Daily Focus
T.H.E Meeting Mon.,7 p.m. ~ from Town Hall East Changes in Our Community Schools will be the topic of our March community meeting, Monday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Eastminster Presbyterian Church. The three speakers from Knox County Schools will...
by design | Mar 19, 2023 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Central’s Isaac Katz receives appointment to US Naval Academy By Ken Lay A Central High School senior recently received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy. Isaac Katz is the first known student from Central to receive an appointment to Annapolis. Katz...
by design | Mar 19, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley McNally Is A Victim Of Hypocrisy The hypocritical outrage expended by the Leftists over Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally and his internet doings is much ado about nothing. A man of great integrity, McNally has been an excellent...