by Ray Hill | Dec 13, 2020 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill One of the responsibilities of the United States Senate as set out in the Constitution is that of advising and consenting to nominations made by the Executive Branch of the federal government. Between 1894 and 1968 – – – a span of...
by design | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“How tremendous the spiritual change that it brings…what wastes and deserts of the soul a slight attack of influenza brings to light…what ancient and obdurate oaks are uprooted in us in the act of sickness, how we go down into the pit of death and feel the...
by Mike Steely | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Steely
By Mike Steely The highway runs from Rocky Top (Lake City) to Halls Crossroads and, among other landmarks, crosses TVA’s Norris Dam, the agency’s first hydro-electric producer. But Norris Freeway is more than just a road that did not exist before the 1930s and much...
by Tom Mattingly | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Bowl games are fickle creatures, almost two games in one. One team might dominate for a half, and after intermission the other team comes back and makes a game out of it. The 1966 Gator Bowl, No. 22 in the bowl’s history, was such an affair. It was...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Well, here we are again. Another football season for the Tennessee Volunteers, and another coach that is on the proverbial hot seat. Yes, we have certainly been down this road before. Pruitt is the fifth head coach at UT since 2008. That much...
by Joe Rector | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector The year 2020 just keeps getting better. We’ve struggled through a presidential election where the incumbent still hasn’t conceded but claims that illegal voting has stolen the race from him. On top of that, the entire world faces a pandemic that in...
