by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. I am still very grateful to the people of East Tennessee for giving me the privilege of serving them for 30 years in the U.S. House. During each of those years, I attended the State of the Union Address by the president. I also have attended the...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
The way out of this is through it. Jessie Waters. By Dr. Jim Ferguson I have several friends who love to do jigsaw puzzles. I do not. However, I see analogies between thinking and jigsaw puzzles. It is estimated that the human brain has 100 billion cells, which are...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The biggest question entering the 2026 season for the Tennessee Volunteers surrounds the quarterback position… as in, “Who will Tennessee’s quarterback be to start the 2026 season?” For weeks, Vols fans hoped that the football gods would smile upon them,...
by design | Mar 23, 2026 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly For many years, News-Sentinel Sports Editor Tom Siler carried on a running battle with the UT Athletic Department leadership concerning kickoff times for Tennessee home football games. This came in the days when Ayres Hall and the Krystal on...
by design | Mar 22, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Repeal The Wheel Tax The Wheel Tax was the brainchild of then-County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and his chief of staff, Mike Arms. We were told by Ragsdale that we would receive some wonderful new benefits, namely a new downtown library. We have the same...
by design | Mar 22, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The route to high public office is different for every person. For Harley Martin Kilgore, it was like a rocket ship to outer space, rising from an obscure local judge of the criminal court to the United States Senate in a matter of months. Few...
