by design | May 15, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I received a friend request the other day. I recognized the name but wasn’t sure if the request came from the person or was a way for some hacker to enter my account. So, I wrote to the person and asked him a question. He was unable to give me the answer...
by design | May 15, 2023 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com “And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no...
by design | May 15, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Fun and games on the road with the Volunteers By Tom Mattingly The stadiums where the Vols play are ancient and creaking, built in sections over the years, designed for football and nothing else. There are the echoes of Bob Neyland at Tennessee, Wallace Wade and Bear...
by design | May 14, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Knox County Doesn’t Need A Tax Increase With little fanfare, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs has released his proposed budget, which reaches $1 billion. It’s an increase of $90 million more than last year’s budget, without a tax increase. The budget...
by design | May 14, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill There are those who remember Paul Wellstone, the United States senator from Minnesota, who died, along with his wife and daughter, while campaigning for reelection in 2002 when his chartered airplane crashed. Wellstone, however, was not the first United...
by design | May 8, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Excellence in higher education is hard to define. How can you tell if a professor is doing a good job? I’ve always said that so long as my students didn’t run from the room with their hands over their...
