(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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In school we are asked what we want to be when we grow up.  Once we have an idea we tend to look for role models to pattern ourselves after.  Career role models are very helpful as they give us an idea of the basic steps that are necessary ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Family Research Council is deeply concerned about the status of Black America. That’s why two of our top researchers issued an important study on the present condition of black families. Titled “The State of the Black Family in America,” this February 2015 report was compiled by FRC Senior Fellow, ...