by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
I don’t know if prayer changes the mind of God, but it changes me. C.S. Lewis from “Shadowland” By Dr. Jim Ferguson Years ago, Malcolm Gladwell wrote “The Tipping Point.” In his book, Gladwell describes a point where systems or events begin to irreversibly cascade....
by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Fair and balanced By Joe Rector For those of us who are UT fans, nothing makes for a better New Year than having the Vols play in a bowl and beat the opponent soundly. That’s especially true when the other team’s coach belittled our players a couple of weeks...
by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Columnist, Major
Damar Hamlin, No. 3 By Ralphine Major The scene was telling—football players and coaches gathered on the field kneeling in prayer. Unfortunately, serious injuries are a part of the football culture. The injury that Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin suffered during a...
by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
MLK and the 14th Street Bridge incident By Mike Steely When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed I was stationed in Washington, D.C., at Coast Guard HQ. The evening after his death many towns erupted with demonstrations, violence and theft. Being one of the petty...
by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘The best football broadcast ever heard in this town’ By Tom Mattingly Watching the barrage of televised college football bowl games over New Year’s weekend brought back memories of those long-ago days there were four games on the tube on New Year’s Day, the Cotton...
by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
Printing documents on one side By Jedidiah McKeehan If you want to see a Tennessee attorney lose their mind very quickly, give them a document to review that is printed on two sides. Profanity will be used, things will be thrown, someone will be thought less...
