by design | Sep 8, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Judicial Activism If you want to write laws, run for office. Laura Ingraham By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ll admit at the start of this essay that I’m not a legal expert, and perhaps I’m in over my head with this topic. But that’s OK because I’m writing from the perspective...
by design | Sep 8, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
What is a Motion in Limine? By Jedidah McKeehan You may have seen a courtroom scene in a movie or TV show where a lawyer suddenly yells, “Objection!” and the judge responds with, “Sustained!” or “Overruled!” While those moments make for good drama, a lot of what...
by design | Sep 7, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley More Woke Waste After increasing property taxes by 40% – – – and seeking to increase the sales tax this November – – – the City of Knoxville is offering folks up to $5,000 of hard-earned tax...
by design | Sep 7, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Iowa’s Cantankerous Congressman Harold Royce “H. R.” Gross By Ray Hill It is fair to say there was not a speck of get-along-go-along in the character of Harold Royce Gross, a former newscaster who spent 26 years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing the...
by design | Sep 2, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Watch out, Gramps! ICE is out to get you! By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The left’s strategy on immigration is focused on turning illegals into victims. Every illegal arrested by ICE is an innocent. Every illegal is now a...
by design | Sep 2, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Partisan Democrats Even Oppose Efforts To End War In Ukraine By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The Democrats are so partisan now and so eager to criticize President Trump on anything he does that they are even attacking him for entering into peace...
