by design | Jul 13, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
‘It was tied when we started’ By Tom Mattingly The tie game is no longer with us, despite some memorable occurrences in games involving the University of Tenn-essee. You might not know that it’s been nearly 30 years since tie games on the gridiron went out...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Never a dull moment By Tom Mattingly In this business, Vol fans are always asking intriguing questions – whether it’s on the street, in restaurants, via social media, or on the telephone. There was a postal employee in Chattanooga who called one year and asked who the...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
LOYALTY The Power of Staying in a World that Often Walks Away By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor I was recently introduced to a story that had somehow evaded me all these years: the story of Hachikō, the Akita dog who was adopted and...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Winning By Dr. Jim Ferguson It ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings Our war for the soul of America continues. It may not end in my lifetime, even though I pray for peace, as does President Trump. As war with Great Britain approached, Patrick Henry in 1775...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Budget time is wasted time By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Budget time, where the congressional baseball game is just as productive as any appropriations debate. But that devalues the baseball game. I would say that Congress is wasting...
by design | Jul 7, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
The Way Most Americans Feel About Foreign Wars By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com When I was in Congress, the least popular, least respected members were the biggest publicity seekers – the ones who were the first and quickest to run to the cameras. They were...
