by design | Sep 16, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Disappointing summer By Joe Rector I’ve blinked my eyes, and the summer is gone. For the first time in my life, I’m saying it’s about time this season from hell ended. Normally, I declare that the hot months are my favorite ones, but life this year has been less than...
by design | Sep 16, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Old Saws By Dr. Jim Ferguson There is an old saw that goes, “Lies, damn lies and statistics.” I am no statistician, but I know that “lies and damn lies” certainly apply to the mainstream media (ABC, NPR, NYT, etc.). The Founders are surely rolling in their graves that...
by design | Sep 16, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A ‘neutral site’ venue for the Mid-South By Tom Mattingly Many Tennessee fans have no idea where Crump Stadium was located, for whom it was named, and what significance it holds in University of Tennessee football history. With the days of the Vols...
by design | Sep 16, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
George MacIntyre Talks Future with Vols By Mark Nagi Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel produces quality quarterbacks. He did it everywhere he’s been. Most recently it’s been Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton, both of whom you’ll find on NFL rosters. So when Heupel...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley City Council Members Should Be Elected By District Region [ree-juhn] noun Definition: 1. usually regions, the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area; or something compared to one. a part of the earth’s surface (land or...
by design | Sep 15, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
James P. Kem of Missouri By Ray Hill The election of 1946 carried numerous Republican candidates into Congress on a tidal wave of dissatisfaction with war-time regulations still in place following the Second World War. No loss was as personally galling to President...