by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
My Golf Game Is Unbelievable (Part Two) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Anyone who has ever played golf at Holston Hills Country Club will be amazed, or at least get a kick out of this: I once hit a 16 on the eighth hole – the shortest, easiest hole on the...
by design | Aug 11, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
My Golf Game Is Unbelievable (Part One) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I come in from playing golf and someone asks me how I did, I usually just say, “Unbelievable.” That can mean either good or bad, and most of the time it is not good. One of my...
by design | Aug 4, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Starving Little Children Create Global Outrage By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I began to think about what I would write about in this week’s column, my first thought was that I hoped everyone saw the gruesome photographs of the tiny five-month-old...
by design | Jul 28, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Democrats Seem To Care Mainly About Illegal Immigrants By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com CNN reported a few days ago that the Democratic Party is now seen favorably by only 28% of the American people, its lowest ranking ever. It may be because the Democrats...
by design | Jul 21, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Barney Fife Day (And My Birthday) By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The date this column is published (July 21), I will have my 78th birthday. I call it Barney Fife Day because several years ago, I got a big kick out of it when I found this was also Don...
by design | Jul 14, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Congress Is Spending Money We Do Not Have By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com One of the most popular things a member of Congress can do is bash Congress, saying or implying that it is filled with bad or crooked, or even evil people. Yet, this is not only very...
