by design | Oct 16, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Flat Lick, Kentucky A Day Away By Mike Steely Early settlers traveling along what would become the Boone Trace had several landmarks to encounter along the way down the Shenandoah Valley to Bean Station, north across Clinch Mountain to Cumberland Gap, and on...
by design | Oct 16, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘We’re out telling what Tennessee is really about’ By Tom Mattingly In early 1993, I took a two-day trip to Chattanooga with Phillip Fulmer, fresh off a Hall of Fame Bowl victory over Boston College. There were appearances slated between noon Thursday and early Friday...
by design | Oct 15, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Position: Pure Evil By Steve Hunley “There is no equivalency. There is no ‘both sides’ argument. There is no moral relativism. This is pure evil.” That was part of a statement released by those Republicans and Democrats who run on the Republican line in...
by design | Oct 15, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Friend of the Workers: Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina By Ray Hill Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston was a fixture in the politics of his native South Carolina for decades. Twice elected governor and elected to the United States Senate in 1944 where he remained...
by design | Oct 9, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Bill Lee’s Abuse of Eminent Domain By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I don’t know Tennessee Governor Bill Lee. I voted for him despite his going to Auburn and being a KA (Kappa Alpha fraternity). That fraternity was known for its racism....
by design | Oct 9, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Some World Series Memories By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my column last week, I wrote that the World Series was huge back in the ‘50s and early ‘60s, at least in part because college and pro football and basketball were not nearly as popular back in...