(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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When Democrats and Republicans fight, the truth becomes a casualty. To wise and knowledgeable people, it is great news, the House of Representatives might overturn the deal made by the President and the Senate, as we never saw the Payroll Tax Holiday Plan, as nothing more than a sham ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Col, 3:21 “Fathers provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged” At the start of boyhood young black males look for the guidance and acceptance of their fathers. Too many times in our community that desire for guidance and acceptance goes unfulfilled. It is during this time ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ron Paul will win the Iowa Caucus whether he actually comes out on top or not. A win for him simply means a solid showing, which he’ll make. He’ll accomplish that feat because he has a legion of young, and not so young, fanatical true-believer devotees that have anointed ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich’s pronouncement to have “activist judges” arrested by federal law enforcement authorities at the President’s direction isn’t the first assault on lawyers and the judiciary branch.  In the late 16th century Shakespearean play, King Henry the VI—portraying an era of possible revolt and political instability—there ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Does the idea of asking for a raise make you squeamish? Does the idea of negotiating a better price make you want to run in the other direction? Are you charging the same for your services that you charged in 2002, afraid to tell your clients you’re raising your ...