(ThyBlackMan.com) A couple gets into a heated discussion that escalates into a shouting match. Tempers flare and the cursing begins as neither party seems to back down.  In the heat of the arguing the woman involved punches the man involved in the face.  She may not realize it but she ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A rock-star is a person who has achieved celebrity status and fanatical admiration in the eyes of his or her followers. There are rock-star musicians, rock-star athletes and rock-star entertainers. In this piece I would like to transfer this ‘rock-star’ phenomenon to the concept of fatherhood, in particular single-dads. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Nothing is more embarrassing to a parent or teacher than to speak with a child for a period of time and get no reaction, the natural response is to say, “Did you hear me?” When children listen, it makes adults feel that what we are saying is really important, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Jesus’ disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray.  Right after He went to the cross, everything was established.  The Kingdom of God has come.  Many times, we live in the past tense, when we need to be living in the present tense.  There’s a spiritual law called, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) From the moment he surfaced in 2013 as White conservatives’ latest “Great Black Hope,” Dr. Ben Carson has made any number of offensive remarks typical of the conservative commentary of the Obama years. But early last week, apparently goaded by a GOP presidential primary that’s set a cesspool-level standard ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometime last month, I decided to but a new suit. It was on a Wednesday, and it was an unusually warm day in the city. The temperature was in the nineties, scorching the citizens. A fellow writer and I spent the day strolling through the streets of Brooklyn. As ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Good Riddance! The impending departure of Speaker of the House John Boehner gives the House Republicans a real opportunity to accomplish something. But an opportunity is not a guarantee. It is a little like a football team being first down and goal at the ten-yard line. You have a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) (Personal note: Got pulled away from the blog on an art project (a painting).  So much has transpired since my last blog that it’s difficult to know where to begin.  I was going to start with some anniversaries until Matt Damon intervened: Kudos to Matt Damon for his remarks ...