by design | Sep 11, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Republican Women Elect Democrat Chair Much has been made of the results of the recent elections in Knox County and women composing, for the first time in history, a majority on the county commission. Women hold 6 out of 11 seats...
by design | Sep 11, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tennessee and Right-to-Work: The Tennessee Congressional Delegation and the Taft-Hartley Bill By Ray Hill The 1946 election saw a Republican electoral tidal wave. The Chairman of the Republican National Committee was a Tennessean, Congressman Carroll Reece. The...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
A Giveaway That Will Hurt The Working Class By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The publication Advisor Perspectives on Bloomberg News called President Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt a “costly mistake” and “a giveaway that harms...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Hanging On Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. DH Lawrence I will fight the good fight. I will keep the faith and I will finish the...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Major
Summer’s Last Holiday By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com I never thought of it as a patriotic holiday until someone called it to my attention. Though it is somewhat different than Memorial Day and Fourth of July, what could be more American than a holiday...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Rector
Joy from others By Joe Rector The news media, regardless of which station or what persuasion, thrives on discord and animosity. Only occasionally does a national, cable, or local station give the simple facts. Even the major paper in Knoxville concentrates on problems...
