by design | Dec 9, 2024 | Columnist, Rector
I am not worthy By Joe Rector On December 20, my mother would have celebrated her birthday. She’d have been 104 this year. Another event also falls on this date. On December 20, Amy and I will celebrate 50 years of marriage. I remember when we were first married I...
by design | Dec 8, 2024 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Lies, Lies and More Lies The Biden administration is ending just as it began, with a lie. Americans can now see, without any doubt, that Joe Biden lied to the American people when he repeatedly said he would not pardon his son,...
by design | Dec 8, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Minority Leader: Charles L. McNary of Oregon By Ray Hill It may surprise readers there was a time when Oregon was a highly Republican state. In fact, it was the home state of Charles Linza McNary, who served as minority leader during some of the most difficult...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Department of Government Efficiency? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com To the list of well-known oxymorons add “government efficiency.” Like “military intelligence” or “civil war” the term “government efficiency” defies...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
Netanyahu Indicted For Crimes Against Humanity By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted by the International Criminal Court on November 21 for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The U.S. is not a member of...
by design | Dec 2, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘He was as good to me as anybody in my lifetime’ By Tom Mattingly Over the years, it hasn’t mattered how players ended up at Tennessee to play football. It didn’t matter who you were, or what your “credentials” were. Once players arrived in Knoxville, they...
