by design | Mar 3, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Reciprocal Tariffs, Now I Get It … I Think By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I have called Trump’s tariffs “stupid,” and they are – maybe. I still don’t understand the across-the-board tariffs on Canada and Mexico, which...
by design | Feb 24, 2025 | Black, Columnist
The Trump Doctrine and Palestinian Diaspora By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Trump’s crazy talk (how my sainted mother would have characterized it) is producing results. He threatened Canada and Mexico with tariffs and they strengthened...
by design | Feb 17, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Why did Putin invade Ukraine? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I was wondering why Putin invaded Ukraine. It was obvious that he was going to do so. You don’t amass 200,000 troops on the Ukraine border just to have a parade. Putin...
by design | Feb 10, 2025 | Black, Columnist
You Know You’re Old When … By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com You know you are old if: Your hair is growing in your ears and not on your head. Every artist you listen to is dead. The last movie you saw was “African Queen.” Old ladies...
by design | Feb 3, 2025 | Black, Columnist
Will Trump observe Black History Month? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When I was young we observed Black History Week. In 1926 the eminent historian Carter Woodson proclaimed the second week in February “Black History Week.” This was...
by design | Jan 27, 2025 | Black, Columnist
A climate change denier? Who, me? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Donald Trump is a climate change denier and calls it a hoax. I am not a climate denier because it is obvious that the climate always changes. I am just not in the camp...
