(ThyBlackMan.com) The Obama Presidential Campaign Newsletter has asked Americans to support Barack Obama by putting the new “Obama 2012” sticker on their car. I can just see Americans eyeing one another, and thinking, “You first“! It may be a bit premature to back any particular candidate; there really isn’t a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, as I was riding the local train in Washington, DC, I began to ponder on the thoughts that had begun to flood into my mind. I was president of my senior class at Soldan High School in St. Louis, MO. I had a lot of my friends ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The case of Troy Davis speaks to several issues facing not only the African American Community but to humanity as a whole. During the latest round of events leading to his death, there were many flaws and faults exposed in the community as a whole and the ultimate being the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people think that if they only made more money, they’d be free from worries about money. I wish that was true. If it was, then three-time Pro Bowl cornerback and ex-Raven, Chris McAlister wouldn’t be dead broke and living with his parents. Cornerback Chris McAlister was alleged to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We live in a time and culture when the importance of fatherhood is very much maligned. The media has gone out of its way to portray fathers as unreliable, silly and spineless. Can you name even one television program where a father is portrayed as he should be? Not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Education and employment are two critical issues, especially within the Black community, where African-American students are ranking lower than their counterparts in education and have the highest unemployment rate nationwide. While many are dropping out and others are struggling to go onto college, the Pittsburgh Job Corps program offers low-income ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) James Carville, who is renowned for being former President Clinton’s political strategist and now a lobbyist and political analyst has been quoted in several news publications as saying, “Mr. Obama needs to fire somebody or assemble a new team of advisors.” Carville made these statements as the President got ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bill Keller strides back from his two week-old retirement as executive editor of the New York Times to pick up his pen today (Monday, September 19, 2011). He is searching for Barack. Just last week, eerily, I did the same thing, but pointed to a different set of assumptions and reasons ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The rejection of the clemency appeal of death row inmate Troy Davis by the Georgia Parole Board has set a new low for our criminal justice system. The denial of Mr. Davis’ appeal is a clear case of vengeance by a Board lacking courage to set the record straight, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two fresh dangers in the looming Social Security battleground confront blacks and Hispanics. The GOP presidential candidates posed one when they again called for partially privatizing Social Security in recent stump speeches and statements. The idea is nothing but a rehash of the idea floated by George W. Bush ...