(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me see if I understand this. The person who reads the news on TV is called a “commentator?” A COMMENTator? Implicit in their very designation is the expectation that they are providing editorial opinion. If in nothing else, at least in the title that these reporters carry, the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The devastating price of government dependency. I witnessed it up close and personal in the late 50s when I was a child. Both of my mom’s sisters had five kids each by various men who simply deposited their seed and moved on. Thus, both of my aunts were totally ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m the best (or perhaps the worst?!!) hypocrite I know.  Perhaps this is so because I intimately know the intentions of my heart and the stances my mind better than anyone else.  As such, when I have a change of heart about a particular subject matter, this knowledge jumps ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) e 2005, the breakup of Destiny’s Child has offered varied careers for the three group members. Michelle Williams released a couple albums (in 2004, and 2008 respectively) and recently starred in Chicago at the Cambridge Theater. Beyonce has become arguably the biggest pop star globally, released number one albums, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Former presidential candidate, Herman Cain, proved that despite a load of God given talent, he was unable to be a serious contender for the highest office in the land.  In the immortal words of former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, “to every man there comes a time when he ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) T.J. Holmes, the affable CNN weekend anchor who told colleagues on Sunday he was leaving the network at the end of the year, is heading for Black Entertainment Television, according to a source familiar with Holmes’ situation. BET plans to build a show around T.J. Holmes, 34, the source ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In four seasons fans have watched VH1 Basketball Wives take Miami, Los Angeles, Madrid and Rome by storm. From the ladies show stopping fashion to their drama and betrayal, season three left the VH1 Basketball Wives audience wanting more and VH1 is kicking it up a notch and delivering ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a 19-year-old Georgia State University student, I became a member of my fraternity’s pledge club. As a pledge, I was beaten unmercifully, ridiculed, taunted and more as was the tradition in a variety of campus groups. Once I crossed “the burning sands,” so to speak, and became a ...