Toothache

Betty BeanOpinion

Dental care is what patients who come to Remote Area Medical’s pop-up clinics need most. They start lining up 24 hours in advance for RAM’s services, which are provided free …

Give me a sign, please

Betsy PickleOpinion

Probably like you, I’m driving a lot more these days than I was around the same time last year.
On the upside, I’ve been able to enjoy our verdant spring and …

Loe down and mean

Betty BeanOpinion

I knew Lloyd Daugherty. Lloyd Daugherty was a friend of mine.
And Gary Loe, you are no Lloyd Daugherty.
Lloyd died in 2014, and Loe is his successor as chair of the …

Looking for the perfect volume

Betsy PickleOpinion, South Knox

A friend described me recently as a “word nerd,” and though she meant it as a compliment, the longer I thought about it, the more it bothered me.
Why is it …

Indya and Eddie: Ups and downs

Sandra ClarkOpinion

In 2019, I wrote here about the Knoxville election for mayor. Interestingly, and forgotten by most, Eddie Mannis was the people’s choice – at least in the Aug. 27 primary.
Mannis …