by design | Sep 26, 2022 | Columnist, Nagi
Q&A with Webb football coach Dave Meske By Mark Nagi Long-time Webb School of Knoxville football coach Dave Meske has announced that this will be his final season on the Spartans sidelines. Meske has been at Webb for 40 years and the last 38 as head football...
by design | Sep 26, 2022 | Columnist, Mattingly
A Significant Swagger By Tom Mattingly This is one of my favorite Neyland Stadium pictures, an aerial shot from the 1966 Ole Miss game. It was Homecoming Day in Knoxville, and a near-capacity crowd of 55,206 (57, 122) found its way into the stadium. Here’s the context...
by design | Sep 25, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Fallout Continues from Commission Chair Vote State Representative Jason Zachary spoke at last week’s Volunteer Republican Women’s Club. Chairman of the powerful Calendar & Rules Committee in the House of Representatives, Zachary mentioned...
by design | Sep 25, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee and Right-to-Work Part 2 The Tennessee Congressional Delegation and the Taft-Hartley Bill By Ray Hill The loss by Democrats of both Houses of Congress to the Republicans led to several proposed reforms in the federal government. Perhaps the signal...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The government wants you to buy an electric vehicle. Just like “I’m from the government and I am here to help you” if the government is encouraging an action, it is buyer beware. EVs won’t save the planet....
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, several times over the years said to me, “Please, no more books.” My house and offices have always been filled with books I used to tell her that all those books were what was going to keep...
