(ThyBlackMan.com) When House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that the United States had been plunged into a “constitutional crisis,” a large swath of the media took to plying this fantasy for them. “Ever wonder what a constitutional crisis looks like? Well, open your eyes,” CNN’s Don ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The college experience can be challenging, especially for students of color, who face institutional discrimination and often come to college with fewer academic skills and less academic writing experience than their white and Asian peers. To help level the playing field, many students of color turn to professional academic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today we who call ourselves Believers and Children of God are surrounded by popular teachings absorbed by millions and millions of people. The problem is that too many of us have rationalized these teachings to be correct because we don’t believe that many people can be deceived. But sadly, that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The College Board, the organization that develops and administers the SAT test, has developed a new “adversity score” to augment the widely used college admissions examination. The fact that the College Board has had to create an “adversity score” is reason enough to discard the badly flawed SAT test, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s not uncommon to run into a situation in which you need to get rid of previously stored data on your iPhone. This might be required when you’re finding your device to be severely cluttered with unnecessary files and documents. Along with this, if you are going to gift ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Summer time is just about among us and that means finding the kids something to do. Activities about the neighborhood, summer reading programs, Vacation Bible School, summer school, family trips, apprenticeships, volunteering, and yes, sports. Sports: The Undefeated King of Summer I’m sure many of us have done a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, the Trump administration released the outline of an immigration plan meant to reshape how and which people are allowed into the United States. The plan would prioritize merit-based immigration and high-skilled labor over those who already have family here. Far from comprehensive or sufficient, it’s a modest ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Norman Vincent Peale, the Christian philosopher and author of the best-selling book “The Power of Positive Thinking,” is credited with having coined several axioms that have become fairly commonplace in the American lexicon. Among these is the phrase “We tend to get what we expect.” While this may seem ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know it sounds like such a long time ago that Barack Obama was our dearly beloved President, but when he was President, we rejoiced in the fact that Harriet Tubman was finally going to be properly recognized at the national level for all the work she did under ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In his book “Discrimination and Disparities,” economist Thomas Sowell notes that a disproportionate percentage of first-born siblings become National Merit scholars compared to siblings born later, presumably because the first-born starts life with no sibling competition for parental attention. This, says Sowell, illustrates the absurdities of expecting equal results ...