(ThyBlackMan.com) As I browsed through some old music magazines, I stumbled upon the words of Rob Markman.  “Jermaine Cole [J-Cole] has some nerve.  The 24-year old hasn’t even released his debut album yet, and he’s already turning down invites from Sean “Diddy” Combs.  Yeah, J. Cole must really be feeling ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that disrespecting the president by referring to him as a sex organ on national television is not a seriously punishable offense.  Mark Halperin, the man who referred to President Obama as a “d*ck”, is now back in action on Morning Joe.  So, you can trust that when ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) For years, I have joined many others in advancing the position that the Democratic Party is not the only game in town. Working people of all hues have invested a lot of time and energy into the party because they have high hopes for the party carrying out its ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Now before you get angry at me for this one, hear me out. I get so frustrated every time I am in line behind some MochaFolk at the bodega and I see then carelessly purchase at least $10 dollars worth of lottery tickets. I remember one of my coworkers ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Mo’Kelly could have filled this editorial with all sorts of scripture, but it would have been a waste. The remaining New Birth members aren’t concerned with scripture, they’re only concerned with blindly following Bishop Eddie Long. So instead, Mo’Kelly will instead go the condescending and dismissive route. With the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Or is America merely experiencing the 21st Century’s first successful Republican Party counter-revolution against an elected Democratic Party President? In either case, how did we get here? The noted columnist Frank Rich, writing in the July 11, 2011 of New York Magazine, in an article captioned “Obama’s Original Sin,” ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) So it’s time for you to sit down and have a face-to-face chat with your teenage son. Actually, there might be a better option. The public service announcements on television make it sound like the best approach is to just start a conversation about drugs or alcohol at the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Accepting use, remaining indifferent to its use, or using the n-word is the same as sanctioning all that transpired against the black ancestry. Some may believe that the word and its focus is less tailored or relevant to today’s Black African Americans. They believe, instead, that its relevance is ...