by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Columnist, McKeehan
What does it mean to ‘Hang Your Own Shingle’? By Jed McKeehan If you ever speak with an attorney who owns their own law firm, and they talk about how they started their own business, you may hear them say something like this, “After ten years at the big corporate firm...
by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Drain The Swamp? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Trump wants to “drain the swamp” which means he wants to dismantle the administrative state. He proposes to do this because the vast majority of federal workers are Democrats which he...
by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Columnist, Duncan
U.S. Calls For Ceasefire But Keeps Supporting War By John J. Duncan Jr. duncanj@knoxfocus.com On August 12, the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, issued a press statement commemorating the anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. He said: “The...
by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Columnist, Mattingly
Look Carefully at the Field By Tom Mattingly There are all kinds of storylines within the expanse of the Neyland Stadium, far beyond wins, losses, and ties, summonsed as if by magic in the mind’s eye. It’s definitely an orange-tinted world. More than 70 years ago, the...
by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Columnist, Nagi
Money Always Talks at Tennessee By Mark Nagi It’s no secret that the world of collegiate athletics, which has been changing ever since the first time “amateurs” represented Old State U, has been undertaking a massive shift in recent years. NIL. Expanded Playoffs....
by design | Aug 19, 2024 | Columnist, Ferguson
Fear If we can’t win this election (2024), then elections are no longer winnable. Sean Davis of The Federalist Society By Dr. Jim Ferguson Despite living in a relatively sane and safe part of the United States, I nonetheless live in fear. I’m not worried about...
