The “Will He/Won’t He” game – “he” being Vladimir Putin – isn’t just an abstract foreign policy discussion for Knoxvillians who knew Chris Holzen. The question of when, whether and …
How Fountain City got its swings
(Editor’s Note: Social media exploded Tuesday with unconfirmed rumors that the city of Knoxville might remove the swings in Fountain City Park. The swings that were installed in the late …
Give me liberty, but keep the Libertarians
Once upon a time when Knoxville was still a two-newspaper town, the Knoxville Journal sent me to Nashville to cover state government. I was expected to produce a couple of …
We Back Pat: Coaches showcase Summitt legacy
Vanderbilt women’s basketball coach Shea Ralph was one of the players that Tennessee fans loved to hate. She was the scowling, snarling, on-court embodiment of Geno Auriemma, the coach we …
Lifelong Fountain Citians need a little help
Some may remember Don and Wanda Ault from the Sunsphere, where they had a shop during the years before the city sold it to private interests.
Others probably recall Don’s downtown …
Brasfield will not run for sheriff in ’22
Updated 1/28/2022: Attorney Travis L. Brasfield contacted Knox TN Today columnist Betty Bean today to say that after serious consideration he will NOT be a candidate for Sheriff in 2022. …
This is the week I admit I was wrong
Last summer I predicted that the Republican supermajority in the state House of Representatives would redistrict Gloria Johnson to Mars.
It really wasn’t that bold a prediction, considering the way they …
Betty Reddick, I’m going to miss you something awful
How could I not love Betty Reddick?
The first time I wrote about her she was giving “some of these old Democrat men” hell. Here’s the quote I used in that …