by design | Sep 6, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Jim Ferguson There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries. — Brutus from William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” In 42 BC,...
by design | Sep 6, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Harold A. Black This is not a politically correct article. For the life of me I can’t figure out how things that are so politically incorrect are labelled as being “politically correct.” My friends on the left will probably tell me that I am a bigot but it...
by design | Sep 6, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly The year was 1971, 50 years ago. Neyland Stadium seated 64,429, with a new southwest upper deck scheduled to open in 1972. Fifty years is an eternity by anybody’s standards, but for veteran Vol fans, 1971 was an amazing time, a season that had enough...
by design | Sep 6, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major The first news report I heard said Knoxville. The next one, Corryton. A third identified him as a Gibbs High School graduate. United States (U.S.) Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was one of the 13 American heroes who died in the recent attack on...
by design | Aug 30, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Well, evidently, the more things change, the more they stay the same is a true statement. Our world seems to take one step forward and two steps backward. The US is having a bit of trouble gaining its footing in so many areas. Sometimes I wonder...
by design | Aug 30, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Wonder how many times those words were shouted out at the Southern Depot? Located on West Depot Street just off the northern end of Gay Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, was the train station that was once a thriving place with trains coming and going....
