by design | Feb 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Good Job, Betsy Henderson Betsy Henderson, chair of the Knox County Board of Education, was polite and professional under the severe provocation of some rude people who demanded her resignation. Why? Because Henderson dared to go...
by design | Feb 16, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, II By Ray Hill Guy Smith, editor of the Knoxville Journal, was left seething with anger following the 1948 election. For the first time since 1916, Tennessee Republicans had nominated serious candidates for both the governorship...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Second Guessing Even God rested on the seventh day, but not Trump Liz Peek By Dr. Jim Ferguson The meme with a picture of Trump dressed in a state trooper-like outfit read, “There’s a new Tariff in town.” The days of other countries taking advantage of America are...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
Lonely By Joe Rector The human soul goes through a flood of emotions during this time on earth. They lead an individual to unmeasurable joy or insufferable sadness. Of all these emotions, perhaps none is as ravaging as loneliness. My life has been filled with love and...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
What is a Bench Trial? By Jedidiah McKeehan We have all seen a TV show a movie where the main characters are passionately arguing their case to the jury of 12 people who will decide what occurs. What many people do not realize is that many trials are decided only by a...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Black, Columnist
You Know You’re Old When … By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com You know you are old if: Your hair is growing in your ears and not on your head. Every artist you listen to is dead. The last movie you saw was “African Queen.” Old ladies...
