(ThyBlackMan.com) The late, great comedian Richard Pryor had many sayings I found to be completely hilarious. Naturally, the vast majority of those sayings could not be printed in a family newspaper such as this one. There remains, however, one clean phrase of his I have laughed at repeatedly for decades. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Friends,      “What is it finally time for you to do?” It’s a great question for the beginning of the year. Perhaps there is something you’ve been talking about doing, thinking about doing, even daydreaming about doing. And in 2015, it’s time to make a move! A few years ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that the year is almost coming to a close and we are moving into 2015. Let’s take a moment to reflect where we are going moving forward. There has been some “real issues” placed in front of us. The trials and tribulations that have embraced our society have ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Entrepreneurship is typically not something that you’re taught in school, it is something that good parents build into the souls of their children.  In a way, you can compare it to being able to grow your own economic food, instead of depending on someone else to feed you.   It ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead once said: “What a long, strange trip this has been.” Sony Pictures Entertainment hacked by cyber-terrorists. Stolen data. Wiped company hard drives. Private internal emails given to media outlets. Private messages, photographs, and contact data of some of America’s biggest movie stars made ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) One consistent piece of economic folklore has consistency hinged around the importance and value of owning your own home.  This assessment, however, isn’t entirely incorrect, and it certainly deserves more thought.  A recent article in the Wall Street Journal compares the saving/investing habits of the top 1% of Americans vs. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Writing has been a catharsis for me since my “angry days” in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. I used to write “Last Poets” kind of stuff and just put it away afterwards. Writing was a release to lower the pressure in my mind about the state of our ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The vast majority of the wrongfully convicted who are exonerated through DNA evidence are people of color. The numbers don’t lie. At a time when the killing of innocent black men by police is causing many to question the fundamentals of America’s criminal justice system, we are reminded that ...