by Jim Ferguson | Mar 8, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the...
by Joe Rector | Mar 8, 2021 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Give a retired man and his wife enough time at home, and the chores will start piling up. Mix in a bit of winter-time boredom for good measure, and a man might be excited to do something that otherwise would be a real pain. This past week, I spent hours...
by Tom Mattingly | Mar 8, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly What March 6, 1967, gave to the Tennessee basketball program, March 6, 1978, took away. Both days” belong” to Ray Mears. On March 6, 1967, Mears was in his fifth season at Tennessee. The Vols won the SEC basketball title, first in 24 years, at...
by John Duncan | Mar 8, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. I very seldom read the New York Times, because its editors do not limit their left-wing propaganda to the opinion pages but spread it throughout the paper. So, I have to admit that I was shocked when the Times ran a column on February 24 by...
by Harold Black | Mar 8, 2021 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I have long bemoaned the intellectual laziness of our citizens. I could never understand why Black college students would wear Kinte cloth at their graduation exercises when Kinte cloth was worn by Black slavers in Africa...
by Ralphine Major | Mar 8, 2021 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major He was inducted into the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2015 and one of only six male lawyers in the State of Tennessee to receive this prestigious honor. A well-known lawyer in Grainger County, he is Attorney Creed Allen Daniel. When Creed...
