(ThyBlackMan.com) Things got worse for GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul when his GOP presidential rival Newt Gingrich called Ron Paul on the carpet for purported racially inflammatory utterances he made in the 1990s in his officially approved newsletters, “Ron Paul’s Political Report” and “Ron Paul’s Freedom Report,” which brought in a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) My father recently told me something that blew me away. All the game I have, all I’ve learned, came mostly from my old man. He gave me the game since I was a kid, yet he still surprises me from time to time. What he basically said was: “You ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not big on giving gifts at Christmas, Kwanzaa or anything else.  The holiday season has become so distorted that our children now think that Jesus was born at Wal-Mart.  I believe in giving gifts of love and upliftment (which kinda makes my kids hate me sometimes).  So, in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Citywide exhibitions are open to all artists of the African Diaspora in the greaterHoustonarea. Sponsored by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) through Five-A (the African American Art Advisory Association at the MFAH), the annual Citywide exhibitions offer artists the opportunity to show their work to a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, I once saw on one of Kanye West’s Voyr videos that the importance and anatomy of the artist has steepened and declined in magnitude that was once appreciated in the 1970’s and 80’s. Music has been generalized and commercialized to the masses and personal and meaningful content has ...

(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 ...