(ThyBlackMan.com) No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay off their student loans. Today, 44 million consumers share $1.4 trillion in borrowed student debt – more than double what it was in 2008. On average, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are many people who love the retro look from retro tech to vintage clothing and steampunk. The reasons are varied, and multi-faceted. One of the reasons is because they can bring back memories or make you feel as if you have traveled back in time. Since many of us ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, entertainer extraordinaire Bill Cosby was handed a hung jury in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. Regardless of what you think of Cosby and the allegations made against him, a jury of his peers spoke and they concluded that they couldn’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My regular readers know that I have friends in all walks-of-life, and some practice old-school lifestyle avocations. I communicate with them as often as possible and sometimes their perspectives serve as viewpoints I use in my articles. I have a friend who could be called a naturalist. He’s retired ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My “Rewriting American History” column of a fortnight ago, about the dismantling of Confederate monuments, generated considerable mail. Some argued there should not be statues honoring traitors such as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis, who fought against the Union. Victors of wars get to write the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The clinicians would have a field day with #45 Trump’s Obama fixation. He hasn’t missed a chance to hector, accuse, bait, and hack up former President Obama at every turn. There were times during the 2016 presidential campaign that Trump seemed to be running against Obama, rather than Clinton. He ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two tennis greats, International Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe, and current tennis legend Serena Williams have been linked in a recent controversy over McEnroe’s comments about Serena Williams’ place in tennis history. A few days ago while promoting his book on NPR, John McEnroe was asked about Serena Williams ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, the President is scheduled to talk extensively about U.S. energy policy and the administration’s push for “energy dominance” at a time when oil giants like OPEC are looking more fragile than ever. The President and his team are putting in place policies to continue the boom in ...