(ThyBlackMan.com) Did you know that the U.S. hemp industry saw explosive growth in recent years, climbing from about $820 million in 2017 to a staggering $2.6 billion in 2022? That surge says a lot about the growing interest in recreational cannabis products. If you are a beginner asking yourself, “Where ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. — Barack Hussein Obama “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the amazing things that occurred quite frequently during Jesus’ earthly ministry was that he had to remind his apostles to keep their focus, concentrate on the vital issues, the really important things, and not to be sidetracked. It was not that these stalwart Galileans had an attention ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Does it sometimes seem as though too many people have never learned the lessons of the schoolyard? If you capitulate to a bully, you will be bullied forever. If you stand up to him, he will back down. What’s true on the playground is also true in the office, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like most Americans, I have had seemingly endless discussions in the wake of the murders of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti at the hands of ICE agents in Minneapolis. Yes, I understand that “murder” is a legal distinction that must be determined in a court. However, what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I read the commentary across social media, legacy media and the broader public discourse surrounding the latest deadly shooting in Minnesota, I see something deeper than disagreement over facts or law. I see a nation struggling to reconcile rights, authority, fear and accountability in moments when events move ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On behalf of the nearly 9 million people who are now in default on their student loans, a coalition of advocates from consumer, civil rights and education organizations are appealing to the federal Education Department to halt its plans to begin garnishing borrower wages this month. Default status connotes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Measles is a “cost of doing business,” says a highly placed official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I’d like to know what business that is. To be fair, let me finish the CDC principal deputy director’s quote. Ralph Abraham said that measles is a cost of ...