by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “Cry Aloud and Spare Not” That was the motto of the notorious “Parson” William G. Brownlow’s Whig newspaper. That same motto was adopted by the Parson and his partner, Captain William Rule, when they published the Knoxville Chronicle and Whig....
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, was born and raised in Sewanee where her father and grandfather managed the grocery section of the University Supply Store for a combined total of more than 70 years. Lynn had a book entitled “Sewanee...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed, they must rely exclusively on force. – George Orwell By Dr. Jim Ferguson I just received a Christmas gift at Halloween! A shipment of my new novel, “Mantis,” just arrived by UPS, so I decided...
by design | Oct 24, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I was going to include a joke about socialism, but I realized that was redundant. Most of the opposition voiced over the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending bill has been its size. However, the bill should be opposed because...
by design | Oct 18, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector joerector@comcast.net Right now, Mother Nature is on display without any make-up. Her flowers hold only a couple of blooms, and most of them are withered and ready to be cut back. Once green grass now is tinged with shades of brown. Leaves are showering...
by design | Oct 18, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Most people know that Kentucky and Illinois are “Lincoln states,” both honoring the Civil War president with his birthplace, family home locations, and Lincoln’s grave, office and last home site in Springfield. Did you know that East Tennessee...
