(ThyBlackMan.com) The last calendar year was an interesting and progressive one for President Barack Obama on the economic front.  The president took over a struggling economy, even though he refused to openly address racial economic inequality.  At the same time, it’s easy to see that during the last calendar year, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The scramble to dig up any piece of salacious dirt, gossip, or innuendo about President Obama before he was President Obama is never ending. The latest in the long train of purported tell-all exposes on Obama is no different. Due out in June, Barack Obama: The Story is a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In all honesty, Mitt Romney and the current cast of GOP caricatures remind me of a 1970s bad Kung Fu movie. Now we can outline all of Mitt Romney’s flaws and problems and even place in the open field for all to examine. But it will not make a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Years ago, when Mr. T was a household name, a young man asked him what his first name was.  Mr. T’s response was classic:  “My first name is MISTER.  That period is my MIDDLE name.  My LAST name is T.”  In short, through his example, Mr. T was about ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) From Jackie Robinson to Jeremy Lin NY sports have always had its pulse on America’s potential. Love it or hate it, so has NY media. Combine them and you get something beautiful. Embarrass them and you come up with something ugly. My first example of the latter is a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been a year and a day since Osama bin Laden’s corpse was rolled off a ship and left to rot at the bottom of the sea. Since that time al-Qaida’s continued to vow to avenge their fallen leader’s death. The war in Iraq has really, really ended. Syria ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m 10 days out from my wedding. I’m trying to tie up all loose ends before I actually arrive in Chicago a week from today. In doing so I’m on the hunt for a cake topper. I called my local Hobby Lobby; no dice. I went into Michael’s last ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I listen to the radio. If you’re a music purist you may be saying this is my first mistake. But it’s not a mistake. I like the radio. I like to be entertained by more than music on my overnight morning commute and my afternoon drive home. But I ...