by Mike Steely | May 17, 2020 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely My family and I have been fairly isolated for the past several weeks. The longer we stay cocooned, except for outings for prescription refills and food—which is seldom, the more interesting life becomes. We have worked on yard and home projects as we’ve...
by Ralphine Major | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com It was the first year I started writing for The Focus when Hollywood cowboy stars James Drury and Robert Fuller moseyed into Morristown for the Western Legends Festival. I had committed to the Morristown Chamber of...
by Joe Rector | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector As soon as Joe South began singing “Games People Play” on my Sirius radio, I flashed back to 1969-1970. I was driving home in the snow after a work shift at Burger King. I hit the top of Andes Road and prayed my old ‘54 Chevy wouldn’t slide in the ditch....
by design | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson Somewhere along the way, I developed an appreciation of history and language. Maybe I was born with recessive historical or writing genes which somehow became activated. I don’t know how this occurred, but I’ve come to understand there are a lot of...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan You may be watching the news, or reading an article online about a high-profile criminal case and the criminal defendant is found guilty and sentenced to a long prison sentence. What the articles and stories usually do not discuss is how much of...
by Mark Nagi | May 11, 2020 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi Somehow, during the horrific COVID-19 pandemic, Tennessee’s football program is thriving. I mean, thriving in the only way you can thrive when there are no games being played. At last look, the Vols are second in the nation and first in the SEC in...
