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"Do you believe there are angels, people who are put into our path at the very moment we need them?” Neysa Peterson looks up at me with sparkling eyes, smiles, and nods. She replies, “Oh, yes. I felt that, too, when I met you.” It was the…
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I felt sick when I saw my mom’s helpless look. She was in my living room, on the phone with my sister. My sister was back in New Hampshire checking on my parents’ house while they were here in Knoxville visiting me. I was having a beer with…
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It’s a snowy January morning at McGhee Tyson Airport. Passengers scramble through the terminal in search of their gates, ignoring the snow resting softly on the tarmac. That is, everyone except Dr. Abigail Blackmon. Gliding back in forth in…
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The 2018 Big Ears Festival promises to be the most adventuresome yet. AC Entertainment founder Ashley Capps answered a few questions from Cityview editor Keith Norris on the beginnings of the festival, this year’s lineup, and its place in…
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In late January, former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Gary Wade sat with Pete DeBusk, founder of DeRoyal Industries and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Lincoln Memorial University. He came from humble beginnings in southwest…
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In 2016, the pharmaceutical industry earned profits of more than 202 billion on revenues of $1.1 trillion. That is a profit margin of more than 18%. No other industry has that large of a profit margin. There is no question we need…
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Richard Briggs hates sitting in traffic. “Nashville’s is awful, it’s growing so fast. Middle Tennessee is one of the fastest growing parts of the country.” Richard is a Tennessee State Senator, elected in 2014. He lives in west Knoxville…
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Canadian physician William Osler said, “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” This seems to be universal amongst our Top Doctors. They are patient-focused: engaged on a…
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We hear a lot these days about our constitutional rights. We like to talk about the right to bear arms ensconced in the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and the right to enjoy freedom of speech and freedom of the press established in…
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Dr. Fred Craddock, Jr., formerly a professor in theology at Emory University, is credited with a widely circulated story that has become a classic: “Who’s your Daddy?” The sermon, which originates from one of Dr. Craddock’s personal…
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