Super Bowl LVIII Preview

Super Bowl LVIII Preview By Mark Nagi The final football game of consequence of the season is set for this coming Sunday when the San Francisco 49ers face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. Yes, I know the XFL/USFL merger brings us something called the UFL...

The integral 1964-65 recruiting class

The integral 1964-65 recruiting class By Tom Mattingly Looking back, it’s hard to believe that it has been 60 years since Tennessee football coaches were signing one of the best football recruiting classes in the school’s history. The year was 1964. This was Doug...

Franklin Roosevelt kept my father a Republican

Franklin Roosevelt kept my father a Republican By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When Roosevelt first ran for president most blacks were Republicans. This is not surprising given that the Democrats were opposed to abolishing slavery,...

Liberals Look Down On Ordinary Americans

Liberals Look Down On Ordinary Americans By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com   A few weeks ago I wrote about a new book entitled “Where Have All The Democrats Gone?” by the two longtime Democrat consultants who say their party is losing the working class...

Publisher’s Positions

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Piper Seeks Appointment Cortney Piper began lobbying for an appointment to the Knox County Board of Education just as soon as the news broke that incumbent Mike McMillan had died.  Piper sent an email to 8th District County...