by design | Mar 13, 2023 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Heading into the 2022-2023 season, the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team looked the part of a legit Final Four contender. They were ranked 4th in the country to start the campaign. Before right from the jump, things have been a struggle. They were upset...
by design | Mar 12, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley District Council Members Should Be Elected By Their District. . . Not Citywide! In his blog, “Comments from the Councilman,” City Councilman Andrew Roberto opposes the legislation sponsored by state Senator Richard Briggs that would eliminate district...
by design | Mar 12, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Watkins Overton had been the longest-serving mayor of Memphis when he had been called back to office in 1949. Overton was easily reelected to a four-year term in 1951. Once again, Overton was thwarted by the personal pique of Edward Hull Crump. A...
by design | Mar 6, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Do you trust the federal government? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com More and more Americans do not trust the federal government. Since 1960, trust has fallen from an amazing 70 percent to 24 percent in 2022. The decline started with...
by design | Mar 6, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Democrats Used Covid, Ukraine, Trump To Avoid Big Losses By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Moody’s Analytics, a well-respected, non-partisan business research firm, said a few days ago that inflation was now costing the average American family an extra $395...
by design | Mar 6, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Your best teacher is your last mistake. Ralph Nader By Dr. Jim Ferguson Well, they’ve done it again. Over the weekend of February 24-26, the latest news “bombshell” was released. You realize weekends are when bad news is revealed to John Q. Public and yarns are spun....