(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, on the heels of the most unanticipated political outcomes in American history, I had a brief conversation with a stranger. I asked, “What’s your number one goal for the New Year?” With her head bowed, she cumbered, “I have no goals”. Naturally, my coaching instinct kicked in as I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A year before his swearing in as President, Trump vowed that he would go after what he called then President Obama’s executive orders. Or, as he crudely put it, his “illegal and overreaching executive orders.” He repeatedly came back to that threat on the campaign trail, echoing the standard GOP ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’d love to work for yourself, you aren’t alone. Millions of people either desire to do so or currently have a flexible position. The good news is there are numerous ways you create an income while being your own boss. In fact, studies indicate in 2015 that 38% of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) These days in our community, when you walk around the hood, you will see so many of our young African boys in this country growing up with single mothers and it’s egregious. What pisses me off the most about this single mother epidemic that is currently happening in our community ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To coincide with the presidential inauguration, the United Church of Christ is releasing a web video about interfaith understanding. The video, called “Trading Places,” seeks to demonstrate that major religions, while unique and distinct, do share several common core values, like love, peace, family and justice. The :90 video shows ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The seventh of the seven feasts (appointed times or moadim) that God gave to Israel is the Feast of Tabernacles. It started out as the feast that commemorates the time in the wilderness that God dwelled with Israel while they were at Mt. Sinai and while they roamed about. We find it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a black conservative Republican, I have been called a traitor to my race. All my life, blacks have maligned me for not relating to fellow human beings through an invisible divisive wall of race. I deal with people as individuals. Good and bad people come in all colors. Here ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You have the moral right to associate with anyone you would like to, and the moral right to not associate with those you find undesirable. No one may force you into associations you don’t desire, or forbid you to associate with others at your discretion. We’re not just talking about ...