by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com This past Wednesday, the recently retired head of U.S. immigration said we are now paying $5,000,000 a day for a company to not build a wall on our southern border. There are things that have happened over the last...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” — Plato By Dr. Jim Ferguson The disadvantage of writing a weekly column is that it’s difficult to be contemporaneous. Actually, I like being...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Politicians always make the appropriate clucking sounds when they are pandering to seniors. They will defend the Ponzi scheme that is Social Security to the death and oppose any change to the bankrupt system no matter how...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan A medical power of attorney is a term that gets thrown around occasionally regarding estate planning. However, what is a medical power of attorney? First, let us discuss what a power of attorney is. A power of attorney is a document you sign in...
by design | Oct 10, 2021 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely I’ll bet that if you walk outside at night and look up at the sky you’ll see a few stars. Our lights in the city and much of our region make it hard to see many stars. But if you’d like to see a really full view of the night sky there’s one place...
by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The day finally arrived when she added “hymns” to the lesson plan. Jewel Harris Atkins, my piano teacher, surely sensed the excitement she had created with the hymns. Scales and classical music pieces may have suffered through my week of...
