Happy Birthday America.

By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Happy Birthday America. It’s your 246th birthday. America is unique. Never before had a country been established with the individual, rather than the government, as its nexus. In America the government was...

Any Discrimination, For or Against, Is Wrong

By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In the upside-down world of today, a person can sometimes get in more trouble and controversy for saying something that is true than for saying some politically-correct falsehood. This happened recently to James Patterson,...

Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Republicans Gain Momentum More than 1 million voters in 43 states have changed their voter registration in the last year to Republican.  That’s according to an analysis done by the Associated Press.  “The previously unreported number reflects a...

Finding a way to see the game

By Tom Mattingly When you think about the loyalty of Tennessee football fans, you might consider how this loyalty manifests itself, often from faraway places. These are fans for whom a trip to Knoxville is a major undertaking, requiring a great deal of planning and...