Celebrating Birthdays on the Farm

Celebrating Birthdays on the Farm By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It seemed like the best time of year for a birthday. While many of my childhood friends’ birthdays came during warm, summer months, mine was between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. That...

Realistic Earnings

Realistic Earnings By Joe Rector Jim and I have worked since we were in the eighth grade. The first job was on a farm cutting weeds, moving rocks, and breaking ponies. Mr. Long paid us little for our work, and our parents paid more than we earned to doctors as they...

Memories

Memories Back through the years, I go wonderin’ once again, back to the seasons of my youth… Dolly Parton from “Coat of Many Colors” By Dr. Jim Ferguson All I remember about Copenhagen is the iconic little mermaid statue in the city’s harbor and the best caviar I’ve...

Publisher’s Positions

Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Anemic City Elections The City of Knoxville elections have come and gone and hardly anybody noticed it.  The lack of interest on the part of city voters in the off-year is matched only by their conspicuous absence.  The fact so...

Will It Take 10,000 More To Be Killed?

Will It Take 10,000 More To Be Killed? By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” – General Dwight Eisenhower in a speech to the Canadian Club in...