by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Hate For Trump Has Now Expanded To Musk By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The hatred in the hearts and minds of many on the Left is just astounding. Having spent a lifetime closely following and being involved in the American political scene, I have never...
by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Purpose Trump isn’t radical. He’s just radically changing our country back to normal. Jesse Watters By Dr. Jim Ferguson I never heard what Punxsutawney Phil saw on last Groundhog Day, but I saw Woodland Crocus last week and Daffodil shoots pushing up through the...
by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Quieting the Scruffy Voice By Joe Rector I flipped through videos on YouTube the other day, and up pops Jimmy Buffet singing with Zac Brown and Mac McAnally. The trio did a fine rendition of “A Pirate at Forty,” one of my favorite songs of Jimmy’s. After shuffling...
by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Who’s on the Cover? By Tom Mattingly When two major sporting events are held on the same day hours apart, which event gets the cover picture in a magazine such as Sports Illustrated? Here’s one answer. I found a copy of the Sept. 23, 1968, edition of Sports...
by design | Feb 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Good Job, Betsy Henderson Betsy Henderson, chair of the Knox County Board of Education, was polite and professional under the severe provocation of some rude people who demanded her resignation. Why? Because Henderson dared to go...
by design | Feb 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, II By Ray Hill Guy Smith, editor of the Knoxville Journal, was left seething with anger following the 1948 election. For the first time since 1916, Tennessee Republicans had nominated serious candidates for both the governorship...
