(ThyBlackMan.com) A guy that I grew up with recently tracked me down to discuss a situation with his marriage that has taken a turn for the worst. His wife of 15 years told him that she wanted to get a divorce. I could hear the pain in his voice. He ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Look, I don’t want to go off on a rant or anything, but when I read certain things, I feel like I am losing my mind … or the world has. A recent blog by Sarah Gilbert talked about fast food chains lobbying for food stamps to be used ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a quasi-activist/blogger, I am often confronted with allegations of being a racist.  I consider this allegation to be an indication that what I said rang somewhat true to the reader who responds and that they lack any ability to retort.  The new racial game in America is to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you know about respect? I can admit that I don’t understand the term like I thought I did. I’m not talking about Webster’s definition of the word.  I’m talking about getting a clear understanding of the basic fundamentals of the word respect and what it means to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In early 2001, America’s economic future was rosy: Our government was sitting on a massive budget surplus, and the Congressional Budget Office predicted that the next 10 years would carry our nation down the path of seemingly endless prosperity. This was a good time for President George W. Bush ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Editor’s note: Samuel Newby, chairman of the Florida Assembly of Black Republicans, wrote the following letter to Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee and David Bitner, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. I wanted to share my very deep concerns on the extremely negative feedback and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Overshadowed and completely eclipsed by the news of a famous (infamous) recording artist is the news of the sudden passing of Ronald “Butch” Lewis. While discussions could be found all over the Twitterverse about Amy Winehouse passing away, there was not much to be found about Mr. Lewis and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The speedy apprehension, public identification and incriminating right wing, white supremacist rants of alleged Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik partially doused the red hot fire building to launch yet another anti-Muslim witch hunt. The operative word is partially, because despite the steadily mounting evidence that Breivik’s anti-Muslim hatred ...