by design | May 6, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Visionaries who dream great dreams By Tom Mattingly Over the years, Vol fans across the expanse of Big Orange Country have anxiously awaited game stories and columns in the state’s newspapers by Bob Wilson, Walter Stewart, Early Maxwell, Edgar Allen, Tom Anderson,...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Peaceful Protests Or Insurrections? By Steve Hunley America is wearing its crown of thorns following a decade of restorative practices and the absence of consequences rampant for so long, and most especially in the last four years. During the summer of the antifa...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Matriarch of the Living Wage: Mary Teresa Norton of New Jersey By Ray Hill The first woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, a Republican. Miss Rankin was first elected in 1916. The first woman elected to the House as a...
by design | Apr 29, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Often in error, but never in doubt’ By Tom Mattingly Several years ago, my wife and I went to Chattanooga to meet the posters on one of the “chat boards” so prevalent on the Internet. It was a chance to see the faces behind the names of those guys who...
by design | Apr 29, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Is this the best time of the year for sports? By Mark Nagi I got home recently from a long day of fighting crime and wanted to do nothing more than to make dinner, give Bailey (my seven-year-old double doodle) treats and hugs, and watch something sports related on TV....
by design | Apr 29, 2024 | Black, Columnist
The NAACP’s latest salvo at Ron DeSantis By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Last year the NAACP issued a “travel advisory” warning blacks that Florida was a “hate state” hostile to people of color. This probably was a surprise to the 6...
