by design | Oct 23, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Grows Worse By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On September 13, 1993, I had the privilege to attend the signing of the Oslo Peace Accords at the White House. It was a peace agreement between Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of...
by design | Oct 16, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Most Universities Hire Only Far-Left Professors By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This past June I wrote about how most major universities have now become leftist brainwashing factories. They will almost never hire a conservative to teach a subject that...
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...
by design | Oct 2, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com It is almost time for the World Series. When I was a boy and young man, the Series was by far the biggest sports event of the year. Nothing else was even close. The first Super Bowl, which Green Bay won by a score of 35 to...
by design | Sep 25, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
On Almost Everything, Follow The Money By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Almost everything the federal government does can be traced back to a very old saying: “Follow the money.” According to Wikipedia, the saying was popularized almost 50 years ago...
by design | Sep 18, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
A Courageous Judge And Brave Lawyer By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com From 1969 to 1988 I was devoted to the law – first as a law student at George Washington University, and then as a lawyer and judge in Knoxville. Through all the years since, I have...
