by design | Jan 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John Sparkman of Alabama By Ray Hill For forty-two years, John Sparkman served the people of Alabama in either the U.S. House of Representatives or the United States Senate. An enthusiastic advocate for the Tennessee Valley Authority, Sparkman was considered a...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Black, Columnist
No more ‘elite’ universities By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I don’t know who anointed certain universities as “elite” but they are elite no more. Presumably, those universities once had the highest standards for admissions...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Now Even Liberals Admit Immigration Is Out Of Control By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Our very biased national media allowed Joe Biden to hide in his basement, hold no big events, and answer only softball questions during the 2020 presidential campaign....
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
If You Reconcile with Your Spouse, You Can Expunge the Divorce Filings By Jedidiah McKeehan When a divorce is filed in Tennessee, even if it is an agreed divorce, the divorce is not finalized and completed right away. Tennessee law requires a “cooling down” period to...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Columnist, Major
Hope in a new year By Ralphine Major It was the start of a new calendar year and a new school semester. One of our teachers in our junior high school—now known as middle school—stood in front of the class with her grade book. She held it up for everyone to...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The truth will set you free. Jesus Christ By Dr. Jim Ferguson It had been years since we were on an airplane. And I’ll admit I was a bit apprehensive after reading about crazies in the once friendly skies and weather issues because we had to fly through Chicago in...
