by design | Jul 1, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Up From Poverty By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Go back in your family’s history and you will find poverty. I am not poor. Neither is anyone in my family. I have a PhD. Both my children have MBAs. My late brother had a PhD as do his two...
by design | Jun 24, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Will the EPA cause Michigan to flip? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Some of us are old enough to remember when West Virginia was solidly Democrat. Republicans were rarely elected to statewide office. Bill Clinton won the state by 13...
by design | Jun 17, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Happy Father’s Day, Dad By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com My dad died on August 13, 2002. He was terminally ill and in the hospital. He knew he was dying. He said that he had wanted to make it to his birthday on November 19 but had changed...
by design | Jun 10, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Has the American Medical Association Lost its Collective Mind? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Has the American Medical Association Lost its Collective Mind? AMA: Straight white Christian male doctors are responsible for inequities in...
by design | Jun 3, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Who’s the RINO? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Are you a RINO? I hate the term “RINO” (Republican in name only). As I have noted before, the voting records of the most conservative – or should I say least liberal – Democrat in...
by design | May 28, 2024 | Black, Columnist
The Accidental Speaker and Other Thoughts By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com A recent article in The Washington Post was entitled “Mike Johnson, the Accidental Speaker, is among the most consequential.” I was wondering how Johnson is...
