by design | Sep 19, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Joe Biden’s COVID speech was one of the most disturbing talks I have ever heard from any politician much less the president of the United States. In it he expressed more indignation towards unvaccinated Americans than he did...
by design | Sep 13, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Summer nearly burned us up a couple of weeks ago, but the rain arrived in the nick of time. The weather forecast for the coming week lets us know that summer isn’t finished with us yet. August brings the beginning of school, and children wear new clothes...
by design | Sep 13, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely Unless you’re older than 60 you probably don’t know who Carl Perkins was. The early country-rock artist died in 1998 and was an inspiration to many people including Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers and many, many rock and roll artists....
by design | Sep 13, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly That’s what the Latin scholars might say, a fancy way of asking, “Which way are you going?” With that in mind, have more big plays happened with the Vols moving to the north end or the south end of the field, wherever the game might be? For...
by design | Sep 13, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi I love baseball. I love everything about it. I love going to a ballpark, smelling the hot dogs and the beer. I love how the sport is played with breakneck speed at a deliberate pace. I love the history. I love that Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays...
by design | Sep 12, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley GOP Blues Randy Pace, former chair of the Knox County Republican Party, issued a “statement” on the GOP Facebook page and it was a rambling screed in keeping with his well-known longwinded nature. The eventual topic of Randy Pace’s jeremiad is his...
