Most of the BBWAA voters only know of Knoxville native Todd Helton as the first baseman for the Colorado Rockies.
Helton was a five-time All-Star with a .316 batting average, 369 …
Vol Todd Helton overlooked? Just barely!
Civil rights pilgrimage a must-see for all
To me, the word pilgrimage has always evoked treks to ancient settings – devout members of many faiths journeying to the Holy Land or curious Americans looking for their ancestors …
Dickey is the real deal in ‘A Love Song’
If you want to understand “A Love Song,” you have to be willing to listen.
Film may be a visual medium, but for almost 100 years sound has played a major …
Our world today
What’s gone wrong with your country?
What’s gone wrong with my country?
What’s gone wrong with our country?
Overwhelming questions about an overwhelming collection of issues. And everyone today has their opinion and …
Where’s the Memorial Day for shooting victims?
Today, our country observes Memorial Day, as we have done officially on the last Monday in May for 51 years. Prior to 1971, different states and cities chose a variety …
Children deserve our focus
It has been two days since an 18-year-old high-school dropout stormed into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, barricaded himself in a classroom and started shooting an AR-15-style rifle, resulting …
Betsy Pickle: Embedded
I have very little experience in writing about politics. My journalism career has leaned toward feature stories and entertainment criticism. I’m actually passionate about our government and how I think …
Lakeshore Park trees: Xs and ohs
“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a pickleball court.”
Wait, that’s not what Joyce Kilmer wrote. Maybe that’s the version the Lakeshore Park Conservancy stumbled onto …