by design | Jan 13, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
College Basketball is Here By Mark Nagi Now that football is done (that game in Columbus still hurts) it is time to jump into the college basketball pool with both feet. And guess what? Tennessee is as good as it gets in the sport. The Lady Vols are back to relevance...
by design | Jan 13, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Orange and White checkerboards on Florida Field By Tom Mattingly There are good bowl games, and there are bad ones. Hang around long enough, and you’ll see more than your share of each. Bowl games are hyped to the heavens, but you never know what you’re going to get...
by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Congressional Republicans Need To Stick Together The recent balloting for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives should serve as a lesson for Republicans. Congressmen Thomas Massie, Keith Self of Texas and Ralph Norman of...
by design | Jan 12, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
A Missionary In Politics: Walter Judd of Minnesota By Ray Hill Walter Judd lived a remarkable life, long in years and purpose. Judd was by profession a doctor and a good one. Judd was also a man of deep and abiding faith who worked as a medical missionary amongst the...
by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Jimmy Carter: An Appreciation By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com A right-wing daily had the headline “20th Century’s Worst President Dead at 100.” Worst president? Not even close. I guess the author has forgotten about Woodrow Wilson (my...
by design | Jan 6, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Sports World Has Gone Berserk On Salaries By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The sports world started going crazy several years ago in the salaries it was paying to coaches and players. Now it has gone berserk or has become unhinged. In the baseball winter...
