by Joe Rector | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I listened as Speaker Paul Ryan talked about his tenure as a U.S. representative He regretted that he’d not been able to tackle the problems with “entitlements.” The more politicians talk about entitlements, the more my hackles react. Yes, that means I...
by design | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore I am not going to write a lot of thoughts in this article, because the subject is so hard to fathom, so uneasy to think about, and, mostly, a subject that one does not want to think about. But, there it is, facing us as we live from day to day. In the...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan So, the word “subrogation” is probably a word that you have heard at some point in your life, but you may not be exactly sure what it means. What does it mean, anyway? In the legal context, the word subrogation most often comes in to play in...
by Steve Williams | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams Longtime basketball official Steve Pyatt suffered a heart attack Jan. 10, 2015. That put him on the sidelines for the remainder of the season, but he wasn’t done. Pyatt still had more miles in his legs, more whistles to blow, more boos to ignore and...
by Mark Nagi | Apr 23, 2018 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman From the moment Phillip Fulmer was hired as Tennessee’s athletics director on December 1st, much-needed stability returned to the UT campus. So it wasn’t a surprise to learn that on April 19th, Fulmer received a contract extension that will keep him as...
by Steve Hunley | Apr 22, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Once again the State of Tennessee has been embarrassed by the failure of TNReady. Taxpayers spend $30 million annually to fund TNReady, which is supposed to help gauge the progress of students. It seems every year there is a problem with the...