by design | Mar 21, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely If you are a history buff you might enjoy a day trip into Kentucky to the little town of Manchester. The town is special in many different ways. It’s not just the county seat of Clay County but Manchester was once, long ago, along the old Warrior’s Path...
by design | Mar 21, 2022 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com My late wife, Lynn, used to tell me and occasionally would tell others that I still live in Andy of Mayberry days because I didn’t change. Although once she did say that it was probably good for our marriage that I usually...
by design | Mar 21, 2022 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Joe Biden gave a speech in New York on guns. Referring to the Second Amendment he stated that “no amendment was absolute” and that preventing the sale of certain firearms “doesn’t violate anybody’s Second...
by design | Mar 21, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you have ever watched a movie or TV show involving a courtroom scene, somewhere during that scene there may have been an instance of a judge banging their gavel and demanding that the courtroom come to order. Or sometimes, the judge will...
by design | Mar 20, 2022 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Carpetbagger: a politician who takes up residence in a place and runs for office without having strong ties to the area. Any opportunistic or exploitative outsider. Representative Dave Wright has shepherded a bill through the Tennessee House of...
by design | Mar 20, 2022 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Many of our fellow Tennesseans are positively football crazy; most of us remember University of Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler was elected to Congress from North Carolina. Yet there is hardly any person in the State of Tennessee with better name recognition than...
