(ThyBlackMan.com)  When we try to figure out why it is that we can never seem to find “The One”, the usual response is that you can’t find love because you’re too picky. But, is that really the case? Most of us, whether we openly admit it or not, have a list ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Philosophers have long conceded, however, that every man has two educators: ‘that which is given to him, and the other that which he gives himself. Of the two kinds the latter is by far the more desirable. Indeed all that is most worthy in man he must work out and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) would not blame Herman Cain if he said, Lloyd, I know you mean well brother. However, the relentless vitriolic media attacks against me have finally subsided since I dropped out of the presidential race. My family and I are finally having some peace. So, why on earth would you ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) (At the end of this article we provide a brief explanation of the history and nature of Kwanzaa and its seven principles. Each day of Kwanzaa we will discuss one of these principles.) On this the second day of Kwanzaa, the principle of self-determination, kuchijagulia, is celebrated. Today we ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop in 2011 was not all that hot; the usual names dropped albums, and there were too many defunct mix-tapes released. Let’s just say that the best always finish last. And, Common –aka- Common Sense made sure that he did just that with his ninth studio album entitled, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Nature works in shifts. There are night creatures and beings that live by day. Which do you belong to? Or do you try to be in both? Was it all that long ago TV stations signed off at midnight? And there was no one out there driving up and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)   We measure time by years, but why not call them Christmases? (Doesn’t each year end with one?) Christmas is the joy at the passage of time, New Years the sadness at time’s demise. But whether we call it the feast of the Midwinter Solistice, Christmas, New Years or Kwanzaa, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Matt’s Damon’s petty, tasteless, and insipid knock of President Obama as gutless again got plenty of press mention. He used the more street, colloquial term to symbolize the president’s supposed cowardice but we’ll leave it at “gutless.” The almost irresistible temptation is to chalk this up to the star ...