If You Call the Police, Can You Still Be Arrested?

If You Call the Police, Can You Still Be Arrested? By Jedidiah McKeehan Occasionally, I will represent someone charged with a crime and they will say something to me like, “They arrested me, and I am the one who called the police!” Unfortunately, if you call the...

Visiting the Whales in Chattanooga

Visiting the Whales in Chattanooga A Day Away By Mike Steely You’d never think about visiting whales within a two-hour drive from Knoxville but if you are into the world’s largest mammal or you simply like 3-D movies, you might think of Chattanooga and the Tennessee...

The Better Parts of School

The Better Parts of School By Joe Rector I am lucky to have grown up when I did. A member of the Baby Boomer generation, I spent my youth worry-free. The most important things involved having fun and just being a boy in the country community of Ball Camp. Even school,...

Ensoulment

And the Lord God formed a man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and he became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 By Dr. Jim Ferguson It finally looks like winter is done, March Madness is over, the eclipse hoopla has subsided and...

Happy Tax Day

Happy Tax Day By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com   I have long advocated for no mandatory withholding. Withholding should be optional. If people opted to pay all their federal income taxes on April 15 there would be a lot more pressure...

A Beautiful Wedding And A Wonderful Concert

A Beautiful Wedding And A Wonderful Concert By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Weekend before last, Vickie and I had the privilege to attend a beautiful wedding on Friday night and a wonderful Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert on Saturday night. I have had...