(ThyBlackMan.com) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been the talk of the political world for the past week. He won reelection with more than 60 percent of the vote. The coalition he put together is unheard of in today’s political climate where Republicans routinely right off significant parts of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So many of you need to make up your mind as to what master you’re going to serve! To say that many are confused is the understatement of the year! Growing up in New York City many years ago as a young teenager, I was exposed to many things ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The reason that Alterations in our habits of mind matter is because they determine the scope and richness of our intellectual lives and also affect the depth of our culture. —Nicholas Carr, author of “The shallows” Over the last five years of browsing through thousands of websites, articles, YouTube ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During a seminar in Buffalo, New York, a few years ago, noted author and financial adviser, Brooke Stephens, said, “How you handle your money is a reflection of how you feel about yourself.” Many of us may not want to admit it, including myself, but there have been times ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The slaying of unarmed and from reports distressed motorist Renisha McBride in Dearborn Heights near Detroit casts yet another ugly glare on the extreme peril to black women. In the past few years, the number of black women that have been slain by police, brutalized by officers, or as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Influenced by the writings of Chinua Achebe (Nigerian Author of “When Things Fall Apart”) “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who will hold another down ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whether you did it for health reasons or because you thought it would be cool to be fit, you rushed into the gym, signed up for a membership and got at it full throttle up. Before long, your motivation fizzled. Days between planned workouts turned to weeks. Your exercise ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Earlier this week, I was reminiscing about an evening several years ago when my neighbor called to ask if she could borrow two eggs. She was in the middle of cooking something and realized she was out. She apologized a couple of times for needing to ask, but there ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like a forest fire that is never satisfied, the woes of the national economy are spreading through the black community in the form of double-digit unemployment and are wreaking havoc. In a display reminiscent of the great forest fires of the west, black wealth is being consumed in much ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Upon further review, I need to clear the air. I have said on many occasions that I truly love my Republican brothers and sisters. I respect them, I pray for them, and I forgive them for their transgressions. As their friend – as my brother’s and sister’s keeper – ...