(ThyBlackMan.com) Every work of fiction is prefaced with the claim, “Any similarity to any real persons or situations is purely coincidental.” But don’t you believe it. Every piece of writing, particularly if it aspires to greatness, contains but a thin veneer over the real. The difference is that here the writer ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The push for the Black vote is on. Black folks are back in style. Black is beautiful again! Since the last election, the mantra has become, “Get more ‘minorities’ to vote Republican;” and Black voters are at the top of that list. Yes, they want to increase their Hispanic ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Keep the faith, baby!” is the title of the 2002 documentary about the life and times of the first Black New York  Congressperson, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., starring Harry Lennix and Vanessa Williams. “Keep the faith, baby!” was the favorite saying of this charismatic, revolutionary leader of Harlem, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) You know that Norton 360 can help you remove viruses from your computer, keep them from getting in through downloads and that it works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But did you know that there are three additional virus-banishing benefits to using this new software that ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Peace Family, BIG shout-outs to Brotha Lamar & his Queen Sista Ronnie, for their efforts to promote the most important element in our communities, Marriage.  Debate this if you will…history demonstrates that we are all better-off in traditional family units, and this Cool Couple has created a wonderful website ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Friend,  Do you need a break? Many of us do, but the real question is, “Will you take time for one?” Those of us alive today are living at a faster pace than any human beings who’ve ever walked the planet. Advertisers tell us our tech gadgets will ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Well Singer Justin Timberlake is everywhere. Or at least he seems to be. The actor and pop/R&B phenom recently hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the fifth time — a historic event that drew appearances from comedic heavyweights like Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase — and followed that ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) An interesting dilemma presented itself on a rerun of the television series Bones.  The diabolically evil antagonist devised a scheme whereby he electronically drained the enormous wealth of one of the good guys while simultaneously threatening death to several innocent civilians.  The only way the good guy could stop ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I just found out that Michael Baisden is “leaving” radio. How does THAT sound to you? Of course you KNOW it HAD to be something pretty rough going on behind the scenes but I have to applaud him for how he maintained his composure in the manner in which ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If Grammy-winning singer Beyonce was hoping to get lots of attention with her newly released buzz single, “Bow Down/I Been On”—well—mission accomplished. Only thing is, it’s likely not the kind of buzz Mrs. Jay-Z Carter was hoping to hear. Plenty of people are turned off by the song’s disrespectfulness ...