by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black I just celebrated my 76th birthday and as a lifelong academic I am appalled by the continuing dumbing down of academic standards. Princeton University’s announcement that Latin and Greek will no longer be required for a major in Classics has...
by design | Jun 27, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com The president unveiled his $6 trillion budget – although using the word “budget” next to $6 trillion seems ludicrous. I will leave it to others to critique the contents of the proposal. There is one surprisingly honest facet...
by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black Until a couple of years ago I thought CRT stood for cathode ray tube and BLM stood for Bureau of Land Management. No more. Now its Critical Race Theory and Black Lives Matter. Elections have consequences. This past one produced a tie in the...
by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black In a previous column I wondered whether the forces that bind such a diverse collection of citizens could rend asunder causing states to secede or partition. The last state that was partitioned was with the unconstitutional creation of West...
by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Today more than ever who you believe depends on what you believe. Did you see President Biden’s address to “Congress”? Neither did I. But I saw headlines and was struck by several things. First, one media source...
by Harold Black | May 23, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Howard Black blackh@knoxfocus.com For the second session in a row, the US House of Representatives voted along party lines to make the District of Columbia a state. Rumor has it that the District then decided not to have a state bird because they could not find one...
