by design | Jul 3, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Who’s fooling who? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com July 3 marks my 78th birthday. Once I had an animated discussion with my mother. I was exasperated and said, “Why did you have me?” She replied, “We didn’t know it was going to be you.”...
by design | Jul 2, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Feds Say “No” To Bridge The Knoxville City Council in a big rush to build a bridge to nowhere, watched as the University of Tennessee bought $9 million worth of property, which meant it disappeared from the tax rolls. The...
by design | Jul 2, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
West Virginia Gentleman: Hugh Ike Shott By Ray Hill The State of West Virginia is now seen as a solidly “red” state, but there were decades when it was just as firmly Democratic. The pendulum has swung back and forth in the Mountain State, which had created itself by...
by design | Jun 26, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
We Were Misled Into A Rush For An Ineffective Vaccine By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Just like most now realize we rushed into a very unnecessary war in Iraq years ago, it is becoming obvious that we rushed into taking a very ineffective, often harmful...
by design | Jun 26, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Don’t Schoolchildren in Colorado Deserve Better? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I was going to entitle this article “Do you want these clowns teaching your children?” but I decided not to insult clowns. The Colorado teachers’...
by design | Jun 26, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Triads A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box. Abolitionist Frederick Douglas By Dr. Jim Ferguson Years ago, I wrote about my affinity for the number three. No, I am not a numerologist, but I see the wisdom in this...