by design | Jan 2, 2024 | Black, Columnist
Happy Anniversary, Emancipation Proclamation By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com January 1st is the 161st anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Although universally acknowledged as an important historical document, the reasons for...
by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Merry Christmas By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com This Christmas, like all the ones before, I am grateful to have been blessed with great parents who had struggled to get an education and who made it easy for me and my brother to go to...
by design | Dec 18, 2023 | Black, Columnist
My University of Georgia Commencement Address By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Let me be among the first to congratulate all of you on your achievement – that of graduating from this wonderful university. You are joining an...
by design | Dec 11, 2023 | Black, Columnist
Balance the Budget? By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com In Washington, balancing the budget is a game with the Republicans pretending that they want to cut spending while the Democrats act as if any cut will be devastating. The farce is...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Black, Columnist
The border and the inaction of the Republicans in Congress By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Virtually everyone I know thinks that the southern border is a disaster. I just returned from my annual deer hunting trip in Eagle Pass, Texas,...
by design | Nov 27, 2023 | Black, Columnist
By Dr. Harold A. Black blackh@knoxfocus.com haroldblackphd.com Current events have opened up differences that pose existential threats to both the Republican and Democrat parties. For the Republicans the speaker mess has exposed pure venom being directed at the eight...
