by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
baseball Fans Either Love Or Hate The Yankees By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Ben Affleck, a famous movie star, grew up rooting for the Boston Red Sox. He is quoted on the Yankeeshater.com website as saying “I would rather utter the words ‘I worship...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Black, Columnist
An Illegal Crisis By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am deeply troubled by the report that a group of Trump advisors are working on recommendations to deport the 30+ million illegals in the country. Personally, I do not want to live in a...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
A Little Kindness By Joe Rector Yes, our community is still in the middle of construction on the new Schaad Road. Our neighborhood road is at the beginning of the detour. Then, the new way empties traffic onto a narrow, one-lane road. Several eighteen-wheel rigs have...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
A letter to my daughters How can I sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? Psalm 137:4 By Dr. Jim Ferguson As the culture/civil war for the soul of America rages, I often ask myself, will there ever be an end to this strife, this division, this war? Just like the...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘The die seemed cast for intercollegiate football in Knoxville’ By Tom Mattingly The time we have waited for—anxiously, in many cases—is now here. Tennessee football returns this Saturday (Aug. 31) against Chattanooga on the legendary field and in the...
by design | Aug 26, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Predicting the 2024 Tennessee Vols season By Mark Nagi Well, folks… we finally made it. This Saturday we get to see the Tennessee Volunteers play some football. They’ll host Chattanooga (keep those dollars in state) at 12:45 p.m. Temperatures might be the equivalent...
