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....
by design | Mar 4, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Ukraine Has Received Mega-Billions From U.S., Other Countries By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As of mid-January, global aid to Ukraine has reached what the Kiel Institute for the World Economy described as the “staggering” amount of $278 billion. This...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
U.S. Senate Votes To Send More Billions Down Ukrainian Rathole By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The U.S. Senate passed a major foreign aid bill recently by a vote of 70-29. This bill will require spending $95.3 billion that we do not have. We have a...
