by design | Jan 20, 2025 | Columnist, Nagi
The Joy of Traveling… and the Buffalo Bills By Mark Nagi Regular readers of this column know how much I enjoy traveling. We as a people are not meant to be stagnant. While centuries ago, mankind traveled to avoid being eaten by dinosaurs, we now travel for fun and...
by design | Jan 19, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Priorities Matter California has been the center of the culture that values “social justice” over the practical mechanisms of running a government. That is precisely why Los Angeles found itself burning to the ground. Mayor...
by design | Jan 19, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Minnesota: Melvin Maas By Ray Hill I would be surprised if a single reader has ever heard of Melvin J. Maas, but his was a truly remarkable life. A pilot during both World Wars, Maas was at various times a soldier, a congressman and a businessman. ...
by design | Jan 13, 2025 | Black, Columnist
The Donald the First? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com One of my dear friends has bought into the Trump dictator mantra. Methinks she probably watches too much MSNBC because the dictator mantra defies all logic. First, if Trump is a...
by design | Jan 13, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Israel Against The World – With U.S. Aid By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I once represented a man charged with first-degree murder. At the preliminary hearing, the courtroom was filled with the family and friends of the victim. When my client was led out...
by design | Jan 13, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: Not to speak is to speak. Not toact is to act. Dietrich Bonhoeffer By Dr. Jim Ferguson I began this essay on Epiphany, January 6, the traditional date the Magi visited the Christ child in Bethlehem. Of course, we don’t know...
