by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
A point of pride for both schools By Tom Mattingly When the powers-that-be on both sides honored Bobby Dodd at Tennessee’s season-opening game against the Yellow Jackets on Sept. 4, 2017, it had to have been a point of pride for both schools. After all, Dodd was an...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Major
The changing University of Tennessee By Ralphine Major I felt like a stranger in a foreign land. How could a place that was once so familiar to me during my college days and afterwards look drastically different now? A recent drive down Cumberland Avenue on The...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
Parents have phone responsibilities By Joe Rector Don’t get me wrong; I have no love whatsoever for Florida Governor Ron Desantis. However, I like his ideas on social media: no person under 14 may create a social media account. His idea would further require parental...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Observations I hate writing. I love having written. Dorothy Parker By Dr. Jim Ferguson As my readers know, I have retired from my medical practice after 50 years, and now consider myself in my second career as a writer. I finally retired my medical license because it...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Our Gutless Politicians By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am at a loss as to why there is virtually no pushback from Republican legislators on Biden’s quest to electrify the planet. Thus far only John Kennedy of Louisiana has...
by design | Apr 8, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
A Better Way By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com The following is a column I wrote for the July 2006 edition of Chronicles Magazine. The dollar figures are much higher now, but the views expressed are even more applicable today. On April 14, the...
