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...
by design | Mar 9, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentleman From Ohio John Martin Vorys By Ray Hill From 1932 through 1937, American voters consistently voted to approve the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. If Roosevelt did not resolve every problem, he gave people hope that the worst days were...
by design | Mar 4, 2025 | Columnist, McKeehan
I Could Get Sued! By Jedidiah McKeehan In Season 3 of the TV show “Breaking Bad,” there is a plot point where a law enforcement officer beats up a drug dealer over a perceived threat to his wife. While the drug dealer is in the hospital you hear the drug dealer talk...
by design | Mar 3, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Reciprocal Tariffs, Now I Get It … I Think By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I have called Trump’s tariffs “stupid,” and they are – maybe. I still don’t understand the across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico, which...
by design | Mar 3, 2025 | Columnist, Duncan
Left-Wing Lawyers Are Trying To Stop Trump On Everything By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com I spent 16 years as a lawyer and a judge before going to Congress and have maintained my law license and have done a very small amount of legal work since...
by design | Mar 3, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Likely to be in the record books forever’ By Tom Mattingly How do fans react when their team loses a game and doesn’t make a first down? That’s the story for today, harking back to Sept. 28, 1958, on Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. An announced crowd of 46,000...
