by design | Nov 1, 2022 | The Daily Focus
The Authors Guild of Tennessee (AGT) will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church in Farragut. Social time and book exchange begins at 10:30. Published authors are invited to attend. AGT is now accepting...
by design | Nov 1, 2022 | The Daily Focus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) Nobody Trashes Tennessee announces its second No Trash November, a month-long statewide initiative encouraging Tennesseans to participate in cleanup events in their communities. Last year’s...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Black, Columnist
Biased Anyone? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Wall Street Journal had an article about a nurse who was fired because she refused to take a test to reveal any implicit bias. Her reasons mainly involved her insisting she was...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
Issues Are More Important Than The Candidates By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com If I had been voting in either of the Republican Primaries for U.S. Senate in Georgia or Pennsylvania this year, I would not have voted for Herschel Walker or Dr....
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
As if the Sea should part And show a further Sea – And that – a further – and the Three But a presumption be – Of Periods of Seas – Unvisited of Shores – Themselves the Verge of Seas to be – Eternity – is [These]...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
A nonfamily reunion By Joe Rector A few weeks ago, Amy and I attended an event that was strange. We usually are good at finding such things. This one was a gathering at Admiral Farragut Park, and we had a fun time, even though it was confusing to understand. To begin...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
A Monetary Judgment You Cannot Collect On By Jedidiah McKeehan “That judgment is not worth the paper it’s written on!” There are certain phrases that all lawyers know and have ready to spout out if the situation is right, and this is one of them. What does this phrase...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Major
UT of Yesteryear By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was my brother’s idea, but I liked it: spend an afternoon on the University of Tennessee (UT) campus taking pictures of the place where we had spent so much time during our college days. While students at UT,...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline were close friends A Day Away by Mike Steely Camden, Tenn., is west of Nashville on Highway 70 and 641. The small town is in Benton County and has about 4,000 residents. Unfortunately, its claim to fame is the engraved rock where famed...
by design | Oct 31, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
“Dang!” By Tom Mattingly Despite the best of preparation and intentions, there are days and nights in various football stadia across the country that seem longer than most, when everything that can go wrong actually does. The 1986 Auburn game, played Sept....
