by design | Aug 22, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. K.T. McFarland told Maria Bartiromo on August 15 that we should have gotten out of Afghanistan in 2001 shortly after we responded in a very forceful way to the attacks of 9/11. McFarland was Deputy National Security Advisor to President Trump and...
by design | Aug 22, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com The left is making clucking sounds about equity. The Biden administration has wholeheartedly embraced the concept with virtually every facet of government being charged with furthering equity. The pivoting to equity from...
by design | Aug 22, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” Aesop By Dr. Jim Ferguson Lately, I’ve been asking myself, is anything working? We live in the information age, but is it even reliable? One of my axioms (Fergisms) is to “Read widely, consider...
by design | Aug 16, 2021 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely When my wife and I heard the bridge at Bald River Falls would be replaced later this year we decided to take the drive to Tellico Plains and visit the roadside cascade. We’ve been there a couple of other times and know the area pretty well. We set out...
by design | Aug 16, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Over the weekend, my nephew and his wife came to the house to spend some time and catch up. Steve is 65, and yes, it’s more than a bit unusual to have a nephew just a few years younger than I am. I looked through the old pictures that my parents had to...
by design | Aug 16, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi From time to time, we get the opportunity to catch up with a personality from the world of sports. Recently I had the chance to speak with Roger Bennett, co-host of the popular Men in Blazers show on NBCSN and author of Reborn in the USA, which debuted...
