Early Voting

Early Voting By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I voted in Tennessee’s March 5 primary on February 19. No, I did not enter a time warp into the future. Rather I voted early. I arrived when the polls opened and there was already a line. We...

‘B’ or ‘b’?

  By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com A couple of years ago I wrote an article on why the progressive media insists that we capitalize the “b” in black when it refers to race. As was the case with the movement of DEI (diversity, equity...

Donald Trump is Herbert Hoover

Donald Trump is Herbert Hoover By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Donald Trump has this penchant for calling his opponents names. Although this is not presidential, there was scant little about Trump that is “presidential.” Democrats are...

Finding My Roots

Finding My Roots By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com My youngest granddaughter is named Haley. Her mother was in Tennessee’s MBA program and went with me to visit Alex Haley – a fellow University of Tennessee faculty member – at his farm in...

Franklin Roosevelt kept my father a Republican

Franklin Roosevelt kept my father a Republican By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When Roosevelt first ran for president most blacks were Republicans. This is not surprising given that the Democrats were opposed to abolishing slavery,...

Fake meat and regime change

Fake meat and regime change   By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am a deer hunter and since 1971 I have not eaten any red meat except venison. I have no explanation except that since I can hunt and take enough game to last from the...