by design | Oct 11, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Life as we know it has taken a number of interesting turns. Venues such as the Orange Bowl in Miami, Crosley Field and Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, the old Yankee Stadium and Comiskey Park, and Tiger Stadium in...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Austin City Council slashed the budget for their police department by a third. The end result was the loss of more than 150 police officers and the highest murder rate the Texas capitol has ever experienced in its history. The Council reversed...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Hazen Kreis is likely a name unfamiliar to the readers of this column, but there was a time when the six foot, five inch gentleman was wildly popular in Knox County. Kreis was elected to three two-year terms consecutively as Sheriff of Knox...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This past Wednesday, the recently retired head of U.S. immigration said we are now paying $5,000,000 a day for a company to not build a wall on our southern border. There are things that have happened over the last...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” — Plato By Dr. Jim Ferguson The disadvantage of writing a weekly column is that it’s difficult to be contemporaneous. Actually, I like being...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Politicians always make the appropriate clucking sounds when they are pandering to seniors. They will defend the Ponzi scheme that is Social Security to the death and oppose any change to the bankrupt system no matter how...
