(ThyBlackMan.com) Friends, allow me to take you on a journey back in time. Contemplate these words: I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It occurred to me that my 86 year old black dad is a man of “firsts” — a born pioneer, boldly going were no other black had gone before. In 1946, Dad and Jackson were the only black Merchant Marines on their ship and the first “coloreds” to land ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) At one point, Jay-Z was the king of hip hop.  Editors Note: Please don’t get your panties in a bunch over that statement, stans.   Choosing during the composition of his second album to stray lines of pop-rap record magnitudes, Jay-Z went from the guy hip hop heads could clamor ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “And now, the end is here/And so I face the final curtain/My friend, I’ll say it clear/I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain/I’ve lived a life that’s full/I traveled each and ev’ry highway/And more, much more than this/I did it my way.” Those lyrics were famously sung by ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In the Bible, Psalm 53:1 says “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good”.  We last spoke of the willful blindness of the atheist, who refuses to acknowledge his Creator. They believe ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Demographics are against the GOP, and they know it. So they’ve gotten desperate, and they’re without limits, so if they EVER regain control of this government, they’re not letting it go again, regardless to WHAT they have to do. They’re already experimenting with despotism in the state of Michigan ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Wednesday and Friday are two days of reckoning when it comes to the Federal Reserve Bank’s (Fed) policy of withdrawing easy or cheap money from the economy. The Fed started withdrawing money through its Quantitative Easing (QE) program in December 2013. Of course, there will be many other days ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always loved Stephen A. Smith.  His energy, intellect and instinct as a sports analyst is second-to-none.  I also appreciate the fact that every time I was on Stephen’s Show (“Quite Frankly, which ESPN should never have taken off the air), he always treated me with decency and respect.   ...