by design | Apr 4, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The most recent NBC poll has very bad news for Joe Biden. And, as the parent of leftwing MSNBC, NBC’s polls are usually more favorable to the Democrats than most other polls. The NBC News report was headlined “Biden’s job...
by design | Mar 28, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I have great respect for my fellow Focus columnist, Dr. Harold Black, and admire him for many reasons. First and foremost, I admire the courage he had to be one of the first African-Americans to attend the University...
by design | Mar 21, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, used to tell me and occasionally would tell others that I still live in Andy of Mayberry days because I didn’t change. Although once she did say that it was probably good for our marriage that I usually...
by design | Mar 13, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Obviously, after Jesus Christ, I thought my dad was the greatest man who ever lived. From the time I was a small boy, I suppose I wanted to be as much like him as possible. I fell short in many ways, but one area in which I...
by design | Mar 6, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I wish Vladimir Putin could have seen the video and heard the heartbreaking cries of anguish from the mother in Ukraine as she followed her six-year-old daughter into the emergency room where she died, killed by...
by design | Feb 27, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Unfortunately for the American people, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have been very good for each other. When President Biden came into the White House, one of his first actions was to shut down a major oil pipeline. That and...
