(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s that time of the year again, mistletoe, holiday cheer, Christmas trees, beautiful lights and most importantly, presents.  If you are an engaged, devoted, loving single dad, you will definitely come face to face, often, with your children’s mother. No matter how long it has been since you separated, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As candidate Ron Paul turns up the heat in Iowa, I see, rather predictably, that mainstream writers are turning up the heat on Ron Paul (see here, here, and here). At issue now are the 20 plus year old newsletters, many of which were filled with racist rants, all ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Why do we have this overwhelming tendency to overspend on our kids during the holidays?  I will admit that I have been guilty of during this in the past.   When I thought I was done I would tell myself that I would buy just one more gift.  Even when ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Why are black people perceived to not be very serious? The quick and less obvious answer is media. A quote I heard this year says, “Our people are very serious…about not being very serious” – Dr. Kamau Kambon. I first heard this while listening to the popular internet radio program “The Context ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Rape is the murder of the essence of a female.”  I can certainly bear witness to that , because at the age of 15 a part of me was murdered. I remember the day it happened. The time, the weather, the season… the day I had no choice in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Is the NBA ready for an openly gay player? NBA Owner Mark Cuban thinks so. The prospect of a head female coach and openly gay players in the NBA may have at once seemed as unlikely as the African-American president who now resides in the White House. But the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a saying from my favorite movie Dune  about fear. The best two lines go, “Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.” This is absolutely true in entrepreneurship. I know many people with great ideas, great talent, and great entrepreneurship potential who never ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Some may say, for crying out loud, Lloyd. You’re as bad as Tebow. Must you always interject God and the Bible into everything? Well folks, it is just who I am. Canaan was God’s “Promised Land” to the Israelites. Upon their arrival, Moses sent twelve spies to check out ...