by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Columnist, Major
United States Still has Reason to Give Thanks By Ralphine Major ralphine3@yahoo.com They came to America to have religious freedom. I wonder what the Pilgrims would think of America today. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and so many other freedoms are the very...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Columnist, Rector
He never had a childhood By Joe Rector Our dad passed away in 1965. For the last 58 years, Jim and I have been without a father. No, we don’t whine about it, nor have we ever used it as an excuse for misbehavior or bad decisions. Still, that’s a long time ago, and I...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Cargo “You have too much cargo.” Aboriginal Chieftain By Dr. Jim Ferguson After more than two decades, the above quote from Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Guns, Germs, and Steel,” still intrigues me. While walking along the beach with an aboriginal...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Columnist, Mattingly
Known then as now as the ‘Swamp Rat’ By Tom Mattingly The immediate future might not have looked bright for the Vol program in the fall of 1963. The last bowl game was in 1957, and the Vols had compiled records of 4-6, 5-4-1, 6-2-2, 6-4, and 4-6 since that...
by design | Nov 12, 2023 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Publisher’s Positions By Steve Hunley Hunter Is Not A Victim Poor Hunter Biden! The First Son is trying to write his way out of his predicament yet seems to have accomplished nothing except to dig the hole deeper. Hunter is the author of an op-ed for the USA network...
by design | Nov 12, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John E. Miles of New Mexico By Ray Hill For 60 years, John E. Miles was a fixture of New Mexico’s political scene. Miles held numerous elected and appointed positions throughout his life and lived long enough to become a senior statesman of New Mexico’s Democratic...