by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Steely
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...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
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,...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
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...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Black, Columnist
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...
by design | Apr 15, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
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...
by design | Apr 14, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Kennedy Grills Mayorkas Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana last week faced Home Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Kennedy said to Mayorkas’ face what most everybody has known; that the Biden administration has left the border...