by design | Mar 26, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Last Campaign: Overton vs. Orgill, Part III By Ray Hill The death of Edward Hull Crump on October 16, 1954, changed Shelby County and Memphis politics forever. As Memphis was on the cusp of the first mayoral election without the influence of E. H. Crump in half a...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan For some reason, babies are being born in cars all of the time in movies and TV shows, but I have yet to meet anyone who was born in a car. I am sure if you are born in a car it makes for a great story to tell for the rest of your life, but when...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The sharp knives are out for Ron DeSantis who infuriated the leftist mob when he said that Florida was the state where woke goes to die. But DeSantis doesn’t care. He obviously feels that attacking “woke”...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I would like for someone to explain to me why every Democrat in the Tennessee House and Senate voted against a bill designed to keep children from being taken to a drag show. Why in the world do these Democrat leaders want...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Wake Up, America! Fools are put in many high positions. Ecclesiastes 10:6 By Dr. Jim Ferguson When did it begin? I’m not talking about the banking collapse, Biden’s latest crisis. We’ve come to expect a weekly crisis from the sock-puppet president, his progressive...
by design | Mar 20, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
Daydreams By Joe Rector One of my favorite songs from my teenage years is “What a Day for a Daydream” by the Loving Spoonful. It was mellow and light enough to bring a feeling of “all’s right with the world.” In opposition to that positive feeling, I remember teachers...