by design | Jul 29, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
American Elegy By Dr. Jim Ferguson I lost my mother last week. Pat Ferguson lived 98 long and vigorous years, but the infirmities of age and then pneumonia proved too much for her. Her mind remained clear and she understood that she could not recover the independence...
by design | Jul 29, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
‘Neither refused the meeting’ By Joe Rector “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.” If you remember this line, it’s possible that you sat in a typing class during high school. If you are as old as I am, then, you might have banged away...
by design | Jul 28, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Liberal Elites And The Media Are The Real Threat To Democracy By Steve Hunley It’s already begun. Much of the national media is busy rewriting history and telling us Kamala Harris was never the “border czar,” a name which they gave her themselves. Now they are busy...
by design | Jul 28, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Irrepressible Perennial Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia Faithful readers of this column will note I have covered some of the same subjects again, at least in terms of personages. I am attempting to give readers a better feel for what the person was like, his or...
by design | Jul 22, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector On his way home from a family reunion in Pittsburgh with his dad’s parents and uncles and aunts, 16-year-old grandson Madden visited The University of Kentucky. My daughter Lacey said that the trip did what it was supposed to do, but I’m not sure I...
by design | Jul 22, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Maybe there is not a new Ford pickup in my future By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Truck owners are famously loyal. I have heard Ram owners heap scorn on GMCs and Fords while those owners ridicule Rams. I am a Ford pickup guy. I bought my...
