by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Ferguson
Consequential By Dr. Jim Ferguson I was 12 years old when I first visited Washington, D.C. I was a sixth grader then and part of my elementary school’s safety patrol trip. I remember little of that experience except climbing the 897 steps of the Washington Monument....
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Pratt
Wisdom from a Wounded Tongue By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor “Once you burn your tongue on hot miso soup, you blow even on the cold sushi.” These words are from Hiroo Onoda, Japan’s most famous World War II holdout. These words are more...
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Rector
New School Year Excitement By Joe Rector Life settled back to a normal state this past week. Children returned to school, some excited for a new adventure and some dreading the demands of classes. Either way, thirteen years of schooling are inevitable for most young...
by design | Aug 18, 2025 | Columnist, Mattingly
‘Get a quarterback’ By Tom Mattingly When Tennessee was building a new press box in 1962, Gen. Bob Neyland laid down a challenge to media covering the Vols. “We’re going to build the best press box in the country,” he said. “We hope it will improve the writing...
by design | Aug 17, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Leftists Have No Desire To Punish Crime Or Criminals By Steve Hunley The hand-wringing about the horrific crimes in our nation’s capital needs and deserves attention from its local leaders. Instead, it got a group of woke morons who are doing their best to run it...
by design | Aug 17, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Our Congressman Richard W. Austin By Ray Hill For a decade, the congressman from Tennessee’s Second Congressional District was Richard W. Austin. Lean of frame, clean-shaven with piercing eyes and a bald pate, R. W. Austin counted his friends by the thousands. ...
