by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Still Living In Andy Of Mayberry Days By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, sometimes told people that I didn’t like change and that I still lived in Andy Griffith of Mayberry days. Then, one day about 15 or 20 years ago, I read in the...
by design | Dec 30, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Democrats and the politics of envy By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Kamala Harris ran ads as the “candidate of change” promising a “new way forward.” She apparently forgot that she was Joe Biden’s vice president. Did this mean she was...
by design | Dec 29, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
2024: The Year Of Whoppers By Steve Hunley As the New Year approaches many Americans are feeling a sense of optimism. In thinking over the last year, I can’t remember a time in my life when the American people have been treated like they were utterly ignorant and...
by design | Dec 29, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Oregon: Rufus Holman By Ray Hill Oftentimes the success of a candidate for public office has as much to do with the particular times, the mood of the public at a given moment. One of the advantages of being a United States senator is the length of a...
by design | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Maybe next year By Joe Rector Christmas is barreling at us like a run-away eighteen- wheeler. I’m not sure how, but my shopping is completed. Of course, I only have to buy for Amy. She’s the one who runs herself ragged and fights the crowded stores as she searches for...
by design | Dec 23, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Two games in one night By Tom Mattingly Ray Mears did not come up with all the gimmicks surrounding Tennessee basketball by himself. Ray did his share, but one of the more interesting ways to try to get people in the seats at the Armory-Fieldhouse came in the...
