by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Steely
My encounters with the homeless By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com A homeless man lay on the sidewalk recently one block from the City-County Building right next to the busy Main Street and Walnut Street intersection. I noticed him when I left the...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Dust-Up The war is going to go on for a long time. President Zelensky By Dr. Jim Ferguson I really didn’t want to go there. But when an issue keeps popping up, perhaps it’s a message and you just have to deal with it. Last week, I wrote about the three Rs. And...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
March Madness is Almost Here! By Mark Nagi Pound for pound, the best sporting event in the country is almost underway. I’m talking about March Madness. And except for The Masters, I don’t think there is very much competition in this category. The college football...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
A miserably cold and rainy day at Dudley Field in Nashville By Tom Mattingly Here’s a moment in Tennessee football history that deserves another look. It was a tie game that helped the Vols escape a loss to their mid-state rivals. The “experts” say tie games are not...
by design | Mar 10, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Doing Right Even When It Hurts By Justin Pratt To some distressed individuals enduring significant opposition to their new way of living, Peter offered these words of comfort: “For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous” (I Peter 3:12). This conveys a reassuring...
by design | Mar 9, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Terry Hill Is Just Plain Wrong By Steve Hunley With so many new people moving into Knox County, there are probably some readers who don’t remember Dr. James McIntyre, who was superintendent of the school system for several years. McIntyre was a former bureaucrat...
