by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Department of Government Efficiency? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com To the list of well-known oxymorons add “government efficiency.” Like “military intelligence” or “civil war” the term “government efficiency” defies...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Netanyahu Indicted For Crimes Against Humanity By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted by the International Criminal Court on November 21 for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The U.S. is not a member of...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘He was as good to me as anybody in my lifetime’ By Tom Mattingly Over the years, it hasn’t mattered how players ended up at Tennessee to play football. It didn’t matter who you were, or what your “credentials” were. Once players arrived in Knoxville, they...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Movement The culture of fear is lifting. Dan Bongino. By Dr. Jim Ferguson When I told editor Becky the title of this week’s column, she quipped, “You better inform people the title has no reference to bowel function.” Even jokes are again possible! Have you sensed...
by design | Dec 1, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Governor Hochul Needs To Go New York Governor Kathy Hochul is either tone deaf or just plain stupid. Congressman Richie Torres, a Democrat who says he might challenge her in the primary, slammed the reimagined criminal justice...
by design | Dec 1, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Florida: Charles O. Andrews By Ray Hill Few, if any, regular readers of this column will ever have heard of Charles Oscar Andrews, but for a decade he represented Florida in the United States Senate. Thin to the point of being gaunt, Andrews looked...