by Steve Williams | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Dear Santa, As I began writing you, I was asking myself, what does the world need now? What instantly came to mind was that great song from 1965. “What the World Needs Now is Love”… So I immediately googled it and listened to it. I noticed too the...
by Mark Nagi | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi This season has not been an ideal one for the Tennessee Volunteers. They started strong, then didn’t win a game for over two months. They lost six straight games for the first time since 1988. 2020 was worse as each of those defeats were by double digits....
by Tom Mattingly | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly When Tennessee played at Georgia on Nov. 4, 1972, many Vol fans rode to the game on a special Southern Railways train from Atlanta, disembarking near the stadium’s east end zone. Tennessee won, 14-0, and the trip back in the late afternoon and early...
by Ralphine Major | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major Years ago, on the Sunday before Christmas, our small, rural church would hand out white paper bags filled with apples, oranges, and old-fashioned chocolate drop candies. It was a fun and festive moment in the congregation before the upcoming...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When people go through a divorce, one question that comes up is, “who gets to claim the kids on their taxes?” When someone is asking that question, they already understand that when they claim dependents on their tax returns, they will realize a...
by design | Dec 21, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. We are blessed beyond our comprehension to live in this country, and we should be especially thankful at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I read not long ago that almost half the people in this world have to get by on $4.00 or less a day and that...
