by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Biden Finally Did Something Right By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Many years ago, during a hearing on a request for some new federal courthouses, Rep. (later Senator) Jim Inhofe whispered to me: “You could shoot a gun down the hall of almost any federal...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
Double Duty for Lauren Hurst in the future at UT By Mark Nagi A quarter century ago, Cleveland High School’s Vincent Yarbrough chose to play basketball at Tennessee. It worked out pretty well for Yarbrough, who went on to play in the NBA. Come this summer, another...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
Something special right in front of you By Tom Mattingly Sitting in the press box or in some radio or television booth for many years was fun, and the view of the field was always spectacular. There was food and great camaraderie, highlighted, in most cases, by being...
by design | Feb 9, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley I Hope Senators Blackburn And Hagerty Will Stay In Senate And Continue To Help President Trump First I want to say that I supported and continue to support both U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty. I think both are...
by design | Feb 9, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Fall of Congressman John Jennings, I For the decade from 1940-1951, the congressman from Tennessee’s reliably Republican Second Congressional District was John Jennings. Bald on top, bespectacled, a very good speaker and an equally good lawyer who had once served...
by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Will Trump observe Black History Month? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When I was young we observed Black History Week. In 1926 the eminent historian Carter Woodson proclaimed the second week in February “Black History Week.” This was...
