by design | Mar 4, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Tennessee vs. the NCAA By Mark Nagi The University of Tennessee has its share of rivals when it comes to its athletics teams. Lady Vols basketball against UConn. Vols football and men’s basketball against Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the rest of the SEC. UT baseball...
by design | Mar 4, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
The Default Start Time for Court is 9 a.m. By Jedidah McKeehan When there is an upcoming hearing on a case it is incredibly important that the lawyers make sure they get their clients to court in the right place and at the right time. What time will court start? I...
by design | Mar 3, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Buuck’s Opponent Running On Federal, Not Local, Issues David Buuck’s Republican opponent’s running for Knox County Law Director did motivate him to get a local telephone number and quite probably a local license plate. For quite...
by design | Mar 3, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Strong Man of North Carolina F.M. Simmons By Ray Hill It would surprise me greatly if one reader out of a thousand knew the name of Furnifold McLendel Simmons. Long ago consigned to the pages of history, there was a time when F. M. Simmons was the most potent...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Donald Trump is Herbert Hoover By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Donald Trump has this penchant for calling his opponents names. Although this is not presidential, there was scant little about Trump that is “presidential.” Democrats are...
by design | Feb 26, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
U.S. Senate Votes To Send More Billions Down Ukrainian Rathole By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The U.S. Senate passed a major foreign aid bill recently by a vote of 70-29. This bill will require spending $95.3 billion that we do not have. We have a...