(ThyBlackMan.com) No, I am not some “Debbie Downer,” nor do I bet against America. However, last week’s State of the Union address was political cherry-picking for 77 minutes of carefully chosen bloviating. There are so many polls now showing that the American people do not believe the state of our ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “We can bear neither our diseases nor their remedies.” So shrugged the ancient historian Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.) of the long decline of Roman national character that, in his age, finally ended the Roman Republic. Like a patient whose medicine proves worse than the disease, Livy lamented that the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whoever would have thought fossil fuel industry front groups would make whales and other marine species a cultural wedge issue? However, thanks to a deception campaign targeting wind energy that’s exactly where we find ourselves. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center in New Jersey rescues and rehabilitates live beached animals ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans needs to keep one set of numbers in mind – 35-2 – when being pushed to reauthorize the Biden administration’s unconstitutional warrantless spying on American citizens under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), as some members of Congress talk about inserting the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In December 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision based on the “insurrection” clause of the 14th Amendment, ruled former President Donald Trump ineligible to appear on Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot. Never mind that Trump has never been indicted for, let alone convicted of insurrection. Immediately ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our European allies are seeing what many of us in America have seen since Donald Trump came onto the political scene. With concerns about what a second Trump presidency may bring, Europe is now Trump-proofing itself in preparation for the worst. During his four years in office, former President ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people, including those in the law profession, mistakenly think that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against the teaching of creationism in public schools. However, to the surprise of many, that is not true! The world of atheism, which the court also judged to be a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Joe Biden stirred up controversy during the last presidential campaign, when, in an interview with a Black radio host, he said, “If you have a problem figuring out if you’re for me or Trump, you ain’t Black.” Biden got pushback on this, but he captured a pretty common ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is probably the most misunderstood concept in our Constitutional Republic. I remember being asked to address a group of upper-level undergrad Political Science majors at the University of Miami while I was a member of Congress. My bachelor’s degree and two Masters’ are in Poli Sci with emphasis ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Political pundits, commentators, analysts, and Democratic party officials had a field day laughing at, ridiculing and mocking Trump’s braggadocio boast before a Black conservative political outfit in Georgia before the GOP primary in February that Blacks adore, identify even love him. He claimed that legions of Blacks walk around ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lately there has been a lot of talk about democracy in peril in the US. That the American experience with democracy may be coming to an end. That due to the extreme political tensions inside a very divided America, the American people have become wary and mistrustful of its ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Donald Trump political train is picking up steam since it ran through South Carolina and defeated Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley by a 20 percent margin. But Democratic lawmakers and Civil Rights groups are mobilizing to slow Trump down before his rematch with President Biden on November ...