(ThyBlackMan.com) The issues I wish to address today in this blog are universal issues. Rather, I realize that they are not exclusive to any particular class, culture or gender. However, I am a middle-class African-American male – so please pardon me if I speak from my own experiences instead of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former GOP California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s terse, apologetic statement that he fathered a child out of wed lock a decade ago is quite a contrast to what’s been a standard operating procedure for the GOP’s family values — bible thumping moralists that literally get caught with their pants down. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am a real American/fight for the rights of every man… – Pro Wrestler Hulk Hogan, Theme Song My president is a “real American,” just as the opening song of his remarks at the White Correspondent dinner suggest. His long form birth certificate confirms this fact of course. He ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dominique Smith, Khory Johnson, Sheon Wellons, and Christal and Shanae Christopher will never be mistaken for the “Fab Five” basketball stars that brought national fanfare to the University of Michigan campus 20 years ago. However, for one Saturday afternoon in May on Detroit’s west side, this lesser known quintet, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If a man is offered a piece of stale bread for dinner, he’s probably not going to want to eat it. If you were to then say, well, “stale bread is better than horse manure,” this won’t make the stale bread taste any better. When given the choice between ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am pretty brutal when it comes to giving bad businesses second chances. Every dollar that I spend at a store is like a vote. I am saying with my purchase “I love your company, and I trust your business or service enough to know that I will get ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Allen West enlisted in the Army nearly 20 years ago, but these days, a growing number of Tea Partiers and conservative Republicans want to draft the black GOP lawmaker from Florida to run for president. West, the flat-topped retired lieutenant colonel and Tea Party favorite who boasted last year ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So maybe now, finally, Bishop Eddie Long will get to hurl the rest of his five rocks he supposedly has at the ready. The first rock of mediation missed the mark, or so it seems. Given the breakdown of settlement talks of the four sexual coercion lawsuits confronting Long, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black folks just seem to keep coming up with ways to divide themselves. We keep falling for distractions and side issues, which keep us from focusing on the big picture. The big picture my friends, is us, Black People, not just those you know but those you don’t as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A big stumbling block for fathers today is discipline. Some choose to avoid it altogether, while others struggle with what is appropriate. What do you do from day to day, moment to moment? One of the things I’ve noticed over the last twenty years is that fathers’ confidence in ...