by Tom Mattingly | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly It was on a Sunday night, Dec. 1, 1963, and into the wee hours of Monday morning, Dec. 2, that sportswriters, such as the News-Sentinel’s Marvin West, were doing everything they could to find out about Arkansas assistant coach Doug Dickey. Dickey, six...
by design | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in my office in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington when Bert Robinson, a member of my staff from Athens, opened the door and told me to turn on the television because a plane had just...
by Ralphine Major | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major “I am a product of the coalfields of West Virginia, where I was born in Dehue, Logan County. The combination of time and place could, in itself, explain why I grew to be a political and fiscal conservative. Growing up through the Great Depression...
by Joe Rector | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector This past Wednesday was my wife’s birthday. She enjoyed the presents, but most of all, Amy wanted to take a trip some place. She calls it a chance to let her eyes see something new. The treks we begin don’t have to be long ones; she’s happy just driving...
by design | Sep 14, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“Those who say they have no interest in the affairs of the polis (city-state), we say they have no business here at all.” (paraphrased from The Funeral Oration) Pericles of Athens 490 BC By Dr. Jim Ferguson I like alliteration and lately I have been considering...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 13, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Bought Jim Haslam’s Book Last Wednesday night, on the way home from the office, I stopped at a Pilot store and bought my personal copy of the book Jim Haslam has written, “Co-Piloting.” The forward, written by Mr. Haslam’s son, former governor Bill...
