by design | Dec 5, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com My parents were not converted from republicans to the democrats by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. In fact, they detested Roosevelt whose FHA denied them a home loan because the house was located in an all-black...
by design | Nov 28, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com Back in 2012 in my now inactive blog (haroldblack.blogspot.com) I asked “Is Joe Biden a racist?” I noted his long history of making racist remarks. Those remarks along with a record in the Senate of opposing busing, opposing...
by design | Nov 21, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com There is an old saying that all politics is local. That certainly was corroborated in the Virginia gubernatorial election. Despite the Biden Administration being a total disaster and supposedly unpopular in Virginia, the...
by design | Nov 14, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I’ve been to South Africa three times to bow hunt. The first time I landed in Johannesburg I did not feel like I was returning to my homeland (since my homeland is Gray, GA). When I land in Knoxville I say to myself “home,”...
by design | Nov 7, 2021 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com I hate Jackie Robinson Day (April 15 annually). No I do not hate Jackie Robinson. I love Jackie Robinson. My father planned our summer vacation around the Brooklyn Dodgers schedule. If they were in Brooklyn we stayed with my...
by design | Oct 31, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com As a young assistant professor, I was the faculty advisor to the student libertarian party at the University of Florida. We sold bumper stickers that said, “Taxation is Theft.” Mine was stolen. America has the most...
