by design | Jun 30, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Quote of the Week “The attorney general’s case in New York frankly should never have been brought. “If his name was not Donald Trump and if he wasn’t running for president. . . I’m the former AG of New York, and I’m telling you...
by design | Jun 30, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Missouri: Forrest C. Donnell By Ray Hill During a time when Democrats were the majority party in Missouri, Forrest Donnell was one Republican who could win statewide elections, albeit by frighteningly small margins. A lawyer by profession, Donnell...
by design | Jun 24, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Will the EPA cause Michigan to flip? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Some of us are old enough to remember when West Virginia was solidly Democrat. Republicans were rarely elected to statewide office. Bill Clinton won the state by 13...
by design | Jun 24, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Kind Words From Both A Senator And A Drug Kingpin By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The people of East Tennessee have been very good to me over the years, and even now I am very grateful for the kind things people say to me about my service in Congress and...
by design | Jun 24, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Isms By Dr. Jim Ferguson People ask me, “When do you write?” And I often explain that I’m always writing. Thankfully topics keep finding me because I have a 1000+ word essay due each Thursday afternoon. Actually, I’m blessed to have this column to hopefully make a...
by design | Jun 24, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Disappointment By Joe Rector The definition of disappointment is “sadness or displeasure caused by the nonfulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations.” Not a single one of us has escaped disappointment’s presence in this life. It comes with lessons that we can learn,...
