by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
A Beautiful Wedding And A Wonderful Concert By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Weekend before last, Vickie and I had the privilege to attend a beautiful wedding on Friday night and a wonderful Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday night. I have had...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
A Better Way By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The following is a column I wrote for the July 2006 edition of Chronicles Magazine. The dollar figures are much higher now, but the views expressed are even more applicable today. On April 14, the...
by design | Apr 1, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Firing Of Ronna McDaniel Shows Bias, Hatred Of MSNBC By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com During my senior year at U.T. (1968-69) I was a fulltime reporter for our morning daily newspaper, The Knoxville Journal. In those years it seemed that the Journal gave...
by design | Mar 25, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Sen. Schumer: Gaza War Is Pushing Support For Israel To Historic Lows By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On March 14, Sen. Charles Schumer, the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, gave a major speech on the Senate floor saying the Israeli government under the...
by design | Mar 18, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Guess Which President Said These Words By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Which president of the United States said this about immigration in his State of the Union address? (Spoiler Alert: It was not Donald Trump.) “All Americans are rightly disturbed by the...
by design | Mar 11, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Where Do You Stand: Pie Or Cake? By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As my wife and I were driving on a recent Saturday to watch the basketball games of two of our grandsons, there was a discussion on the radio about whether people preferred pie or cake....
