(ThyBlackMan.com) In the film (and of course the book) “The Godfather,” there was a period in the story in which a full-on gang war broke out between the five rival mob families. During that time, it wasn’t safe for the mob soldiers to be seen anywhere in public, including in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The day after one of the greatest political upsets in world history, I dug out my July 2016 exchange with “David,” an Ohio left-wing retired law professor whom I once considered my best friend. He wrote: “Larry, “Donald Trump — the screaming, the red face, the slashing hand gestures, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In light of countless and unwarranted murders of Black men–young and old–across the country, this writer is compelled to reexamine the role of the hired guns who are employed by the citizens to serve and protect the citizens. As civil servants, it is a prerequisite for police officers to protect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although simplistic in terminology, gangsters personify some of the most dualistic, complex, intriguing characters of American life. Many of them wrap themselves in an assortment of dangerous cloaks of thrilling, nail-biting existences–despite how fleeting–in order to obtain self-serving objectives. The oddity of these individuals is that they can’t be defined ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Any new program will have problems and unexpected issues until they are sorted out. So it is with the Affordable Care Act. Notice the Republicans, offered no real solutions to help the uninsured or medically ill but they were quick to tear down the efforts of others. Where was the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rarely am I happier that I lack a larger audience than when I’m dead wrong about politics. My most recent piece wrongly predicted an easy victory for Hillary Clinton. I did so here, as well. With certainty, I declared Donald Trump “a loser.” In fact, so depressed was I about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to a new Urban Institute report the typical white family had accumulated more than $134,200 in wealth in 2013, while black families scraped together a little more than $11,000 and Hispanic families $13,700, It’s yet another example of how financial inequality is pervading this country and it’s is only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we already mentioned in our previous articles, black people travel the world and there is no reason why any black person should miss an opportunity for an adventure like this. If you have a passport you can travel anywhere you want and one of the places that have grabbed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The latest spin out of Washington is that stock-market declines over the last 10 days are due to Donald Trump’s surge in the polls. Well, it is true that Wall Street tends to hate change — even when it’s positive. And if Donald Trump is anything, it is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By the time you read this I trust you will have wiped away the slime and the grunge, regurgitated a few times, taken a good bath or shower, relentlessly scrubbed the stench from your bodies, and maybe even found it necessary to delouse. The dirty, filthy, hateful, distasteful, embarrassing, ...