by design | May 20, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Why, Tell me, Why? By Tom Mattingly This is the stuff of which orange-colored memories are made. Late in the first half in the 1991 Notre Dame game, the Fighting Irish led 31-7 and were trying a field goal to extend the lead. Things looked bleak for the Vols. Remember...
by design | May 20, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Apps By Dr. Jim Ferguson Rush Limbaugh once said, “Liberals are always liberals first.” What I think he meant was that certain principles are preeminent in each of us. I’ll use myself as an example. I am a Christian first and Becky’s husband. And because I do not...
by design | May 20, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
They don’t know the facts By Joe Rector I’ve watched the protests on college campuses until I’m just about to be nauseated with them and the individuals who are participating. That doesn’t mean that Israel receives a free pass from me on this whole situation. Plenty...
by design | May 19, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Protesters Need To Obey The Law The Knoxville News-Sentinel and Gannett newspapers are giving a lot of sympathetic coverage to the arrest of what they refer to as “pro-Palestinian” protesters. The protesters were ordered to move...
by design | May 19, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts By Ray Hill One of the most interesting aspects of the U.S. House of Representatives is the fact that it really is the People’s House. The framers of the Constitution intended it to be the People’s House and they succeeded. Some...
by design | May 13, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Larry Cox Was A Good And Kind Man By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Larry Cox was one of my closest friends for more than 40 years. When he passed away on October 18 last year, not only did I lose a close friend, but more importantly, the city of Knoxville...
