by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The Omnibus Spending Spree of 2023 By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Congress just passed the budget for fiscal year 2023 to the tune of $1.65 trillion. Commentators on the right ranted and railed about how conservatives were betrayed by...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
Worst, Most Wasteful Appropriations Bill By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Last week I wrote about the shameful way the last Congress ended its session by passing one of the worst, most wasteful omnibus appropriations bills in U.S. history. One...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. The Apostle Paul (Romans 7:15). Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them made. Otto von Bismark By Dr. Jim Ferguson Each January finds many of us considering...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
What do you collect? By Mike Steely My wife and I collect cups and photos from the places we visited or lived, campaign and promotional buttons.. During the recent holiday break, I asked other folks what they collect. The replies came from Focus newspaper and online...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
The Four Corners of a Contract By Jedidiah McKeehan “If it falls outside the four corners of the contract, it is generally irrelevant and inadmissible evidence.” That phrase, or something along those lines, is something every first-year law student will be familiar...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Don’t relive diseases By Joe Rector It’s possible that I’ve covered some area of this subject before, but evidently, some readers in the USA didn’t see the column. So, I am duty-bound to restate my take on this subject. Some might agree with me while others might find...
