by design | Sep 29, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Reflecting on the last year By Joe Rector Mommas and daddies aren’t supposed to outlive their young’uns. That’s what happened to Amy and me. Our son Dallas passed away one year ago today (Sept. 23). For the past year, we’ve lived a miserable existence. One day we are...
by design | Sep 29, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
When Faith and Fear Collide By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor Fear can be an icy grip that often paralyzes people in their tracks. We’ve all seen or known someone who missed an incredible opportunity because they froze in fear. For example, a...
by design | Sep 29, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
The ‘people’ and ‘events’ of Tennessee football By Tom Mattingly There are memories of a number of great moments scattered across the expanse of Shields-Watkins Field. I’ve seen most all of them from my vantage point in Section OO, 53 years and...
by design | Sep 28, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kincannon Losing Support For Proposed Sales Tax Increase The defection of City Councilman Andrew Roberto in abandoning Mayor Indya Kincannon’s bid to jack up the sales tax inside Knoxville is an indication he has finally figured...
by design | Sep 28, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
‘Big Ed’ Johnson of Colorado By Ray Hill For the better part of two decades, Edwin Carl Johnson dominated the politics of Colorado. A hulking man over six feet tall with a thick, shaggy head of hair, Johnson was fondly known as “Big Ed” to his many friends in the...
by design | Sep 22, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
“You have no idea what you have unleashed.” (Erika Kirk after her husband’s murder) By Dr. Jim Ferguson It is a challenge for a weekly column to be contemporaneous with current events. However, it is probably best that my immediate reaction to the monster who murdered...
