by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector “Whew!” How many folks uttered that word on the Friday after Christmas 2025 had come and gone? Families united for a few days, but to be honest, many of those who left to return home, and the ones who hosted them were glad to wave goodbye. No matter how...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I have personally travelled to Jerusalem and other parts of the world, where I have observed the ruins of old city walls with observation towers. In St. Augustine, Florida, stands the Castillo de San Marcos....
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The College Football Playoff is broken. I know it. You know it. We all know it. From the completely unnecessary weekly ranking programs to the inherent bias towards Alabama, to their absurd parameters that they may or may not follow, the entire system is...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Most Tennessee basketball fans today know a great deal about Thompson- Boling Arena, a passable amount about Stokely Athletics Center, and darned little about the Armory-Fieldhouse. That’s too bad, because the precursors to TBA were the site of some...
by design | Jan 11, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Thank You, President Trump The military operation to capture Nicolás Maduro, the dictator of Venezuela, was both bold and brilliantly executed. Maduro sat atop a criminal government that had been almost certainly voted out of office and was only able...
by design | Jan 11, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill For decades, Tennessee was either a largely or solidly Democratic state, especially in statewide elections. Democrats also dominated the congressional seats from Tennessee save for the First and Second Congressional Districts. Tennessee had only once...
