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...
by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Skinfolk or Kinfolk? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com In the recent kerfuffle over the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Byron Donalds (R-FL) was nominated as an alternative to Kevin McCarthy. Donalds is one of four black...
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The Omnibus Spending Spree of 2023 By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Congress just passed the budget for fiscal year 2023 to the tune of $1.65 trillion. Commentators on the right ranted and railed about how conservatives were betrayed by...
by design | Jan 3, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The Real Threat to Democracy By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Happy New Year. I seriously doubt that 2023 will be a “happy” new year. It will likely be full of angst from the usual suspects. Those on the left will continue to whine...
