by design | Feb 12, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Finding My Roots By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com My youngest granddaughter is named Haley. Her mother was in Tennessee’s MBA program and went with me to visit Alex Haley – a fellow University of Tennessee faculty member – at his farm in...
by design | Feb 5, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Franklin Roosevelt kept my father a Republican By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com When Roosevelt first ran for president most blacks were Republicans. This is not surprising given that the Democrats were opposed to abolishing slavery,...
by design | Jan 29, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Fake meat and regime change By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I am a deer hunter and since 1971 I have not eaten any red meat except venison. I have no explanation except that since I can hunt and take enough game to last from the...
by design | Jan 22, 2024 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Nikki Haley is trying to beat Kamala Harris to become the first Asian-American president. She had better hope that Biden lives out his term. “Elite” college campuses are not the only places...
by design | Jan 15, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Are mortgage lenders discriminating against minority borrowers? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com CNN ran a story that harkened back to the good old days. It was about Navy Federal Credit Union’s rejecting over half of its mortgage...
by design | Jan 8, 2024 | Black, Columnist
No more ‘elite’ universities By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com I don’t know who anointed certain universities as “elite” but they are elite no more. Presumably, those universities once had the highest standards for admissions...
