by design | Feb 19, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Henry Clay Evans had been elected to Congress from Tennessee’s Third Congressional District in 1888 as a Republican. His victory had been a profound shock to local Democrats who promptly gerrymandered his district and castigated the congressman for his...
by design | Feb 19, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A for-sure ‘Vol for Life’ By Tom Mattingly Gus Manning, a respected and legendary figure in the University of Tennessee Athletic Department and across the expanse of the campus and state, and wherever Vol fans gather, died Feb. 12 in Knoxville. Across Vol Nation, soft...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Oracle Who Names is at it again proclaiming that henceforth illegal aliens be referred to as “migrants.” Interestingly all media have bent on one knee to comply including the “conservative” press. It...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com We are lucky to have a good local radio station like 98.7 WOKI with its all-star roster of outstanding hosts. Its host and co-hosts seem to care about East Tennessee and its people, and they help keep us informed and...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
Taking the Benton Loop By Mike Steely Getting out in the winter with the family can be inexpensive if you just take a ride and visit some of the most interesting places in our region. Polk County, southeast of Knoxville, is one of the more rural parts of East...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
The word racism is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything – and demanding evidence makes you a racist. Thomas Sowell By Dr. Jim Ferguson Did you watch it? I didn’t. I refuse to waste my time with the modern State of the Union Addresses (SOTU) which...
