by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan Many people see being an attorney as a very solemn and serious profession. People have seen Law & Order and those lawyers on there are rarely smiling, not to mention that ominous music playing in the background. No question, lawyers handle...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices. This means that much of the conversation about the cause of the current inflation is confusing at best and essentially wrong. The administration has...
by design | May 31, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com In my Focus column of May 9, I wrote about the wide variety of jobs I had, both full and part-time, while I was a student at Holston, U.T. and George Washington University. I think every job, even when I was a bat-boy for...
by design | May 30, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Missing the Message It seems to be a weekly feature that the mayoral campaign of Debbie Helsley is continually issuing press releases bragging about little or nothing having anything to do with county government. The candidate herself seems to be...
by design | May 30, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi By Ray Hill At a time when folks have little or no respect for their officeholders, it may be difficult to imagine the better part of the people of an entire state having affection and reverence for their representative in Congress....
by design | May 23, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This past Friday night at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, a sweet, beautiful woman named Vickie Dowling became Mrs. John J. Duncan, Jr. Vickie and I were in the Sunday School and Bible Schools at the old Park City...