by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
A Fifty-Year Reunion By Joe Rector In 1970, I graduated from Karns High School. Four years later, I received a B.S. degree from my favorite university, Tennessee Tech. Those who are trained in the simple mathematical operations can quickly see that both of these...
by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘No hero like the first hero’ By Tom Mattingly AUTHOR’S PREFACE: This story dates to a luncheon held in March 2014 honoring Rev. David McMahan, who had been battling Stage 4 lung cancer and would die six weeks later. Special guests were former Vols John...
by design | May 27, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Great Words From President Trump And Others By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com As many people know, I have spent most of my waking hours reading – books, newspapers, magazines – for work and pleasure since probably my early teens. Two of my favorite...
by design | May 27, 2025 | Black, Columnist
A Fake Constitutional Crisis By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Democrats and their sycophants in the media are screaming “Constitutional Crisis!” Being Trump haters and the guardians of unlimited government spending, they are whining...
by design | May 26, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Tax And Spend City Mayor Indya Kincannon, mayor of Knoxville, has announced another half-penny increase on the sales tax inside the City of Knoxville. Kincannon is proposing to let the voters decide in a referendum this November....
by design | May 26, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Making a New Senator By Ray Hill Estes Kefauver, Tennessee’s senior United States senator, was having a bad day on Thursday, August 8, 1963. Kefauver was in the midst of the rough and tumble of debate while the Senate considered an appropriation bill for NASA. The...
