by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
A Joke That I Fell For Completely By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I was in Congress, one of my committees was the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. This was good for East Tennessee because, as the chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee, I...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Theodicy Question What is essential is invisible to the eyes. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry By Dr. Jim Ferguson Any compassionate person struggles with injustice, the antipode of fairness. Many moons ago, my children would occasionally complain that I wasn’t being...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Complaining By Joe Rector Well, I’m wondering if the rain will ever stop. I know that in a couple of months, my concern will be over too little rain for plants and lawns to survive. So it goes with the human condition; we are never happy unless we have something about...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Williams
A ‘thank you’ from Lizzi to her dad By Steve Williams I had been saving comments from a special interview for the right time. Today I believe is the right time. Lizzi Lowe, daughter of Matt Lowe, a well-known Powell High head football coach in these parts,...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Herculean Herman Hickman’ By Tim Mattingly When Tennessee squared off in the Charity Bowl against New York University on Dec. 5, 1931, at Yankee Stadium, it may not have been an officially recognized bowl game (the NCAA doesn’t count this and other...
by design | May 12, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
You Steer Where You Stare By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor “You steer where you stare.” I recently heard this statement from Jimmy Dykes, an ESPN and SEC basketball analyst, while speaking to a group of seniors from Gibbs High School. It...
