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(ThyBlackMan.com) Walk into almost any bar in Boston right now and you will hear bagpipes. Not on the speakers, actual bagpipes, carried by actual Scottish fans in kilts who have taken over the city like they were always supposed to be there. Locals have not minded one bit. They have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) MS NOW commentator Ali Velshi was not alone in complaining that women are “underrepresented” in Congress. It is true that women account for 51% of the U.S. population but only 29% of the House members. To which I say, “So what.” Basing the notion of fair representation on racial, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the passing of Clive Davis at 94, respect has to come first. Before we talk about records sold, artists signed, labels built, or how many voices became household names under his watch, prayers and condolences go out to his family, loved ones, friends, and all who knew him ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On June 18, Barack Obama stood in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side and tried, not very successfully, to hold back tears. Not performed emotion. Not the composed, camera-ready version of feeling that politicians learn somewhere along the way. Michelle was up at the podium talking about him, about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week I had dinner with a good friend of mine who is a top executive in media. He is a very prominent publicly recognized figure who shall remain nameless. Politically, I consider him a liberal, though he would argue the point, but I digress. He wanted to know ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When God asks you to remember something, whatever your level of spiritual maturity, it must register on your conscious radar that He would do so only for good reasons. Would God ask you to remember something that was trivial and of no importance? Hardly. When righteous Lot was fleeing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a new interview this week, Hillary Clinton identified the key decision that resulted in President Donald Trump’s election in 2024. It all boiled down, in her view, to a “terrible miscalculation” – former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s decision to run for re-election. Mr. Biden made a “terrible ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For weeks Donald Trump has been waffling between threats of annihilation and promises of a “deal” to end all deals to resolve the Iran war; a war he started at the behest of another nation. Time after time Trump has said the Strait of Hormuz would be opened or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A home remodel is one of the largest investments most Los Angeles homeowners will make, and the outcome rests heavily on a single early choice: which contractor you hire. Whether you’re planning a full kitchen remodeling project, a bathroom overhaul, or a whole-home renovation, the right contractor keeps the work organized, compliant, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump has been the greatest, most clear-eyed and most transformative foreign policy president of my lifetime. But Trump is also the famed businessman who wrote “The Art of the Deal” four decades ago. There has therefore always been the risk that the president’s novel and often unorthodox approach ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were never carried through the White House years on pillows. Folks who remember that season without dressing it up know better. Those years had heat on them. Health care had people hollering at town halls. Race stayed near the front door whether some wanted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) History is filled with political movements born from noble promises. Few have been more appealing in theory than socialism. At its heart, socialism promises greater equality, economic fairness, and protection for those who struggle in a competitive marketplace. It speaks to the desire for justice and the belief that no ...
