by design | Jun 12, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Banning knowledge By Joe Rector Let’s get this out front first: I spent my working years as a high school English teacher. It was a good job, and what made it a wonderful one was the interactions with high school students as I taught them grammar, writing, and...
by design | Jun 12, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Revisiting Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe A Day Away by Mike Steely My wife and I have been revisiting our memories of the Whistle Stop Cafe in Juliette, Georgia. The popular movie “Fried Green Tomatoes,” based on Fannie Flagg’s 1987 novel, was filmed...
by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Leftist Hypocrisy Out Of Control The Left in this country never let a crisis go to waste. Like Rumpelstiltskin, they try and spin a crisis into gold, albeit political gold. The wildfires in Canada have leftists wringing their collective hands it’s...
by design | Jun 11, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Burnet Rhett Maybank — his very name evokes the old Southland of books and stories. So, too, did his life story. Maybank’s middle name was for his mother’s family; Andrew Rhett had been a major in the Confederate Army. Burnet Maybank was the scion of a...
by design | Jun 5, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Why the minimum wage is racist By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When I was growing up, my parents made me and my brother work. In elementary school, they decided to put in a basement by digging out the dirt under the house. My brother and...
by design | Jun 5, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
The U.S. – A World Leader In Borrowing Money By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com From 1958 to 1991, I was actively involved with the Knoxville Smokies as batboy, scoreboard operator, public address announcer, and part owner. Many times during bad...
