by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Quieting the Scruffy Voice By Joe Rector I flipped through videos on YouTube the other day, and up pops Jimmy Buffet singing with Zac Brown and Mac McAnally. The trio did a fine rendition of “A Pirate at Forty,” one of my favorite songs of Jimmy’s. After shuffling...
by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Who’s on the Cover? By Tom Mattingly When two major sporting events are held on the same day hours apart, which event gets the cover picture in a magazine such as Sports Illustrated? Here’s one answer. I found a copy of the Sept. 23, 1968, edition of Sports...
by design | Feb 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Good Job, Betsy Henderson Betsy Henderson, chair of the Knox County Board of Education, was polite and professional under the severe provocation of some rude people who demanded her resignation. Why? Because Henderson dared to go...
by design | Feb 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, II By Ray Hill Guy Smith, editor of the Knoxville Journal, was left seething with anger following the 1948 election. For the first time since 1916, Tennessee Republicans had nominated serious candidates for both the governorship...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Second Guessing Even God rested on the seventh day, but not Trump Liz Peek By Dr. Jim Ferguson The meme with a picture of Trump dressed in a state trooper-like outfit read, “There’s a new Tariff in town.” The days of other countries taking advantage of America are...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Lonely By Joe Rector The human soul goes through a flood of emotions during this time on earth. They lead an individual to unmeasurable joy or insufferable sadness. Of all these emotions, perhaps none is as ravaging as loneliness. My life has been filled with love and...
