by design | Feb 27, 2023 | Black, Columnist
DEI: Useless or Useful? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com There is little doubt that diversity, equity and inclusion have added administrative bloat on many college campuses. Ron DeSantis has asked for an accounting of DEI on Florida’s...
by design | Feb 20, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com In case you missed it, the left’s latest jihad is the war on gas stoves. Never mind that most cooks prefer gas. Never mind that 40 million households have gas stoves (including my two cooktops). The powers...
by design | Feb 13, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The Oracle Who Names is at it again proclaiming that henceforth illegal aliens be referred to as “migrants.” Interestingly all media have bent on one knee to comply including the “conservative” press. It...
by design | Feb 6, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Although the Republicans are in the majority in the House of Representatives, there is still a way that the Democrats can pass legislation and get it signed into law. The Republican majority is slim...
by design | Jan 30, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Speaker McCarthy By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Rather than saying take this job and shove it, after 15 ballots Kevin McCarthy finally became Speaker of the House of Representatives. There was much gnashing of teeth from conservative...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Making Sense out of Fed Policy By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com The current commentary about the Federal Reserve is almost exclusively on how it is fighting inflation. The Fed has raised its Fed Funds target range from near zero to...