(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a familiar sight to every basketball fan. Toward the end of the fourth quarter when it becomes evident one side is on the verge of defeat, the losing team begins to foul. They foul out of frustration, they foul to get the ball back, and they foul to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I can remember it like it was yesterday as my family and I walked into the funeral home chapel to the haunting sound of Sam Cookes A change gone come. This song had been chosen by his grandchildren a tribute befitting my seventy-five year old Father who had seen ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why are we playing tricks on our minds on the eve of the most important election in our lifetime? Why are black pundits, commentators and others posing the question, “do blacks support Mr. Obama because he’s black?” Do we not get that we are alive to witness an event ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It was quite the disheartening day when I realized that I, son of a preacher, descendant of the subjugated race here in America, was simply a mere creation and by product of the worst forms of American imperialism and religious bigotry the world has ever seen. The most troubling ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During dinner on the Rebuild America Defeat Obama bus tour(http://www.campaigntodefeatobama.com/rebuild-america-tour/ ), a fascinating discussion evolved amongst our team. Someone said he fears who we have become as a people; a nation in which a majority believes it normal to receive government-handouts. He witnessed people using food stamps to purchase ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During a radio interview, a caller asked me if it was too late – in her forties – to change careers and pursue something for which she is passionate. “It’s never too late,” I told her. “If you feel led in a new direction, make a plan to transition ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) the 2012 presidential election approaches, I’m honestly a little concerned about those who guilt trip you into voting for parties that don’t care much about you by telling you how hard our ancestors fought for you to be able to vote. The same Democratic Party that didn’t have a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From your first kiss to your first time meeting each other’s families, relationships offer many exciting, and stressful, experiences. It can also be a stressful experience for your waistline as well. According to research from the journal Obesity, dating and cohabiting can lead to weight gain. The 2009 study looked ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 40-plus years of political observing, analysis, watching, and of course voting, I have never publicly endorsed a presidential candidate. I have zealously maintained the hard firewall that I believe should exist between being an objective political analyst and an impassioned voter. This presidential election I am tearing down that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. Death is one of those subjects that we tiptoe around. The reality is death is a certainty of life. Nobody knows the exact hour. To ensure that your goals, dreams, wishes and responsibilities to your dependents don’t cease ...