(ThyBlackMan.com) When I read the recently released report by The College Republican National Committee (CRNC), titled, “Grand Old Party for a Brand New Generation,” I immediately thought of two cartoons: the Flintstones and the Jetsons. The Flintstones was an animated, prime-time TV show that debuted in 1960. It was a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, Serena Williams caught the ire of fans around the world by giving her honest opinions on the Steubenville rape case. The case received national media attention after the two teen boys videotaped themselves engaged in a great deal of highly inappropriate activity with a 16-year old girl ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP House Speaker John Boehner recently called border security “laughable.” Boehner was not being funny. That sentiment could have a major blowback effect in the House on the deal that the four GOP Senators crafted to take the issue of border security off the contentious table and move the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t remember much about my father, a man by the name of Boyce Sanders. I met him three times, and didn’t mix with him very well. I have no animosity toward him, no admiration. Just emptiness, with the exception of the fact that I’d never seen another ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a presenter at two recent conferences, AME Youth Leadership Conference in Palm Coast, Florida and the Hip Hop Men’s Health Summit in Orlando, Florida my presentation focused on Social Media content as it relates to Bullying and Cyberbullying. Speaking with over 300 young men at the Hip Hop ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a handsome young, Indian commuter & I discussed the severe winters in the NYC Metro area, he said he considered moving back to the year-round tropical weather of his own country in fifteen years time. “India Tropical?” really? When I told him that I considered “expat-ing” abroad, in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This essay is a shout-out, a kudu, to Bill Maher’s commentary on June 7th on Ronald Reagan’s true place in regards to the Tea Party. Bill Maher skillfully and accurately dissected and destroyed the notion that Reagan would be too moderate to be a member of the Tea Party, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Kanye West’s new album “Yeezus” comes out today (June 18). Because it was leaked awhile back, many people have already heard the new music and offered up their reviews. I’ve read everything from narcissistic and wildly experimental to “it’s pure genius” and bringing “real” hip hop music back. I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Outgoing FBI director Robert Mueller was asked sharp questions by a House Judiciary Committee panel about the FBI’s massive collection, intercept, and listening in on millions of phone conversations. There were two obvious concerns behind the questioning and one concern that should be a concern to all given the ...
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