by Tom Mattingly | Mar 29, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly “It’s not how many years a man has lived. It’s how many people are glad that he did.” That’s the Bob Campbell storyline when you attempted to sum up a life that spanned 72 years and 19 days, one that ended on Nov. 18, 2017. It was a daunting task, but...
by Mark Nagi | Mar 29, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi It’s no secret that Tennessee’s football program is a struggling group. From probable NCAA sanctions to coaching turnover to way too many blowout losses in 2020, the Vols are firmly in the bottom half of the SEC. That doesn’t mean that the roster was...
by Steve Hunley | Mar 28, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Georgiana Vines, the whirling dervish of a political columnist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel, let her political slip show last week. Georgiana wrote a lengthy column detailing the lack of bipartisanship of Tennessee’s two U. S. senators, Marsha...
by Ray Hill | Mar 28, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill To get to Congress, Carroll Reece had to defeat an entrenched incumbent, who had served for a decade. After taking the oath of office on March 4, 1921, Carroll Reece became one of the most enduring political figures in Tennessee’s political history. ...
by Jim Ferguson | Mar 22, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson
“A society that puts equality ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom and the force introduced for good purposes will end up in the hands of people who will use it to promote their own...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 22, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “You see lots of Easter bunnies and candies in stores but not much pertaining to Christ,” a lady told my brother recently. On my next trip to the store, I remembered what she had said and paid particular attention to the merchandise. Upon entering,...
