by design | Dec 11, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Balance the Budget? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com In Washington, balancing the budget is a game with the Republicans pretending that they want to cut spending while the Democrats act as if any cut will be devastating. The farce is...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The border and the inaction of the Republicans in Congress By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Virtually everyone I know thinks that the southern border is a disaster. I just returned from my annual deer hunting trip in Eagle Pass, Texas,...
by design | Nov 27, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Current events have opened up differences that pose existential threats to both the Republican and Democrat parties. For the Republicans the speaker mess has exposed pure venom being directed at the eight...
by design | Nov 20, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Follow the science? Well I don’t believe the science By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I read that if the US transitioned overnight to all-electric motor vehicles, the impact would be at most a 12 percent reduction of the earth’s carbon...
by design | Nov 13, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Israel and Hamas By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Hamas committed an unspeakable evil. It targeted defenseless civilians for extermination. How anyone, regardless of their feelings toward Israel, could sympathize with this barbaric act is...
by design | Nov 6, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Four more years? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am suffering from Trump Fatigue Syndrome (TFS). Trump dominates the news. When he was president, 92% percent of the media coverage of him was negative. Amazingly – but not surprising –...
