(ThyBlackMan.com) Rappers are faced with “selling out” or staying true.  Both have their pros and cons, so which one to choose? I remember as a kid in 4th grade, listening to Ja Rule on the radio and watching him on 106 & Park daily. Letting him remind me why, at ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) did not attend Wednesday’s movie release of “The Help” from DreamWorks Pictures, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett.  Why, you ask? Because I read the book. Last week New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni saw an advance screening of the movie and referred ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is becoming increasingly clear that President Obama and Democrats need pressure from within the party to force them to stand their ground against the Tea Party insurrection in Congress. As was evident in the recent debt ceiling fiasco, conservative House Republicans have gravitated even farther to the right ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Texas governor and reported GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry is the nation’s greatest political con artist. His so called “Texas Miracle” has been totally debunked as a fraud. Yet Perry, with generous help from conservative business leaders, tea party acolytes, and suddenly revved up evangelicals will keep the con ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Reading the mainstream liberal press, one might be brainwashed to believe Obama is the Messiah incarnate and Republicans are spawns of Satan.  All this garbage talk that somehow Tea Party members of Congress brought America to the brink of default and are collectively responsible for the country receiving its ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama and Tiger Woods appear to have something in common. Recently, their devilish friends turned on them! To me, no one has benefited more from the Barack Obama presidency than America’s devilish beast bankers! Congress, with the president’s endorsement and support, made it possible for banks to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent a fair amount of time on the phone yesterday with a couple of New York City radio show hosts (Bob Pickett and James Mtume)  for whom I have a tremendous amount of respect.  We were planning a show on Sunday in which we will discuss the debt ceiling ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Me and Tavis, we’re going to remind you who Martin really was.” – Dr. Cornel West Now that Dr. Cornel West and television personality Tavis Smiley have set out like an Afro-centric version of “Thelma and Louise” on a tour denouncing the Obama administration for what the two decry ...