by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Trump Has Been Right On Nato For Years By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com President Biden said Donald Trump’s statement about NATO was “dumb, shameful, dangerous, un-American.” Never has such a mean-spirited partisan political statement been made from the...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Oil and Water There’s a difference between character and personality. Becky Ferguson By Dr. Jim Ferguson A friend sent me a meme showing a traditional two-prong electrical outlet and a cord with three prongs. The caption read, “Democrats and Republicans are...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Major
Hope Spring is on the Doorstep By Ralphine Major It was somewhat of a surprise as they seem to have appeared almost overnight. For the first time this year, shoots of green and even a couple of bright yellow blooms could be spotted among winter’s barren earth. In...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Men panic, women think By Joe Rector We all know the book “Men Are from Mars and Women Are from Venus.” Without reading the book, any man who’s been married for a few years can vouch for that. Some of the more heated arguments Amy and I have experienced were because...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
King of the Volunteers By Tom Mattingly Bernard King was definitely something special, from his first stroll on the court against Wisconsin-Milwaukee in December 1974 to the time the music stopped in Baton Rouge. That came in the first round of the 1977 NCAA...
by design | Feb 19, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
The shame that is a tournament sport By Mark Nagi Tennessee’s men’s basketball team has never been to the Final 4. You’ll hear that a lot in the weeks to come, as we get closer to the NCAA tournament. Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has only been to the Final 4 once....
