(ThyBlackMan.com) Last night I had dinner with King Solomon and he told me in Proverbs 14:12  “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” He then asked me if I had heard about the big announcement recently made by ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, February seventeenth to be exact, Jesse Jackson died.  It was not a surprise as he had been sick for the past couple of years; but you still are surprised when death finally arrives. When a major figure dies within our community, Blacks are quick to monitor ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As we just celebrated the federal holiday marking the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I cannot help but believe how disappointed he would be at the state of affairs within the Black community. While America has made major strides relative to fulfilling King’s dream, the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have written several columns this year about how the Trump administration is open for business, especially when it comes to small business. Some have derided my optimism regarding this assertion.  To those who have derided me, I have one response.  In the immortal words of rapper Kool Moe ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) For the first time in my thirty-five years in Washington, DC, something historic is in the air when it comes to small business. What is happening reminds me of the famous quote from the movie, “Field of Dreams.”  “If you build it, he will come.” In a similar manner, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I received a massive response from my column last week.  I wrote about the Trump administration being open for business, especially for small businesses, and even more so for Black businesses. I was subsequently contacted by a small group of extremely successful Black entrepreneurs.  Many are household names and each ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A good friend of mine has a birthday coming up Wednesday, October 29 (I cannot believe she will be eighty years old).  I hope you will go to her social media and show her some love.  I have not spoken to her for over a decade, if not longer; ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Weak people take strong positions on weak issues.  This one sentence succinctly sums up the “media appointed” leadership in the Black community. When I say “media appointed,” I mean Black organizations and individuals who have been bought and paid for by radical white liberal Democrats whose raison d’être is ...