Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr.

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Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. After 30 years in Congress representing Tennessee's 2nd District, I now spend my days with family, reading, golfing, and writing, which suits me just fine.

Every week I share a new column, local, national, or personal. Hope you enjoy them!

10/17/2026

I believe Tucker Carlson is the most courageous journalist on the national scene today. On Covid, January 6th, Gaza, immigration, and our wars in Iraq, Iran, and Ukraine, he went against the grain, and I think he has been proven right again and again. Read my full column on why I admire him below.

10/11/2026

The polls look bad for Republicans right now, mostly because of higher prices and an unnecessary war in Iran. But I don’t believe we will see the “bloodbath” or the “blue wave” many articles are predicting on Nov. 3. In my latest column, I give eight reasons why Democrats may not do as well as they expect. Read the full column below.

10/04/2026

A few Fridays ago, I gave the keynote speech at a Jefferson County Republican dinner and left convinced it was possibly the worst speech of my career. It got me thinking about the other speeches I've bombed over the years, including one in high school where I nearly passed out. Read the full column below.

09/26/2026

"God help the Nation when it has a President who doesn't know as much about the military as I do." That's what Eisenhower told his own staff secretary. I believe Eisenhower, and George Washington before him, were our most antiwar presidents, and I think both would be stunned by how far we've strayed from their warnings. Read the full column below.

09/19/2026

Republicans are facing a possible wipeout in the midterms, and I believe it's because Netanyahu's war in Iran has hijacked our foreign policy and our economy. I'm not the first to make this argument. Two respected columnists made nearly the same case about Iraq twenty years ago. Read the full column below.

09/12/2026

I once sang the old Cas Walker jingle with Dolly Parton herself, right after she gave one of the most memorable commencement speeches I've ever seen. I also have some thoughts this week on how we dress, for church, for football, and for everything in between. Read the full column below.

09/06/2026

I was one of Bush's earliest supporters, and one of Trump's too, both of them running on a more humble, America First foreign policy. I believe Neocons steered Bush into Iraq, and now I believe they've steered Trump into Gaza and Iran the same way. Read the full column below.

08/30/2026

A few days before the 2000 election, I secretly arranged for George W. Bush to make a last-minute stop at our Duncan Family Barbecue, and the Secret Service almost didn't let it happen. Bush never forgot it. Years later, he was still telling other members of Congress about the 10,000 people who showed up. Full story below.

08/22/2026

Last Saturday I attended the visitation for a young man named Corey Chandler, 28, whom I had never met. His obituary moved me so much that I wanted to tell his mother in person that I believed she was a true hero for the life of love and care she gave her son through years of unimaginable challenges. Full column in the comments below.

08/17/2026

A conversation with my wife about her grandparents' old property on Holston Hills Road led me down an unexpected path: the remarkable story of Pattie Boyd, Knoxville's first and the nation's longest-serving female journalist. She wrote a column for 51 years, covered four presidents and 30,000 weddings, and never learned to type until two years before she retired. Full column below.

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