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...