by design | Jan 19, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor This piece is written from a deeply personal place. One day recently, I woke up before the alarm sounded, my eyes opening to a weight I could not see but felt immediately. The room was still dark, yet my mind...
by design | Jan 19, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
Women should not be getting between ICE agents and foreign fugitives. Jessie Waters By Dr. Jim Ferguson In 1787, the Founders of our country formulated the most unique document in the history of humankind. Outside the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Ben...
by design | Jan 18, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Protesters Or Insurrectionists? You Be The Judge The efforts to disrupt and keep the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from doing their jobs is less civil disobedience than insurrection and are more reminiscent of the Civil War, when the...
by design | Jan 18, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Kentucky was not quite so solidly a Democratic state as many of its sister border and southern states; Republicans could periodically win statewide elections, but Democrats held a strong advantage in most state, local and federal elections in the Bluegrass...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away By Mike Steely Just north of Knoxville is a small town unique in its government and special in its creation. Maynardville is located between Knoxville and Tazewell along Highway 61/33, a road better known from Halls northward as Maynardville Highway. The...
by design | Jan 12, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. Thucydides By Dr. Jim Ferguson With the pace of events, it’s becoming hard to pick the most important topic. I had planned to focus on fraud in Minnesota and elsewhere. But then New York City inaugurated...
