(ThyBllackMan.com) According to a recent survey conducted by YourBlackWorld.com,  27.3% of African American respondents claim that President Obama’s most recent actions in Libya have reduced their faith in his leadership ability.  Roughly 20.8% of respondents claim that the Libyan intervention has increased their faith in Obama’s leadership.  Equally interesting is that ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The truth is that the most effective way to avoid incarceration is to not participate in crimes and illegal activity.  I understand the argument about drugs and the implications on the black community, but knowing all of that, why is it we continue to commit crimes?  Not all of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In a previous post, (Un)Holy Hip Hop?!!, I spoke out against Christians who have condemned Holy Hip Hop and Gospel Go-Go to a place of no return.  The argument on which I made my case is that since music, much like man, was originally created with a Godly purpose; ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I wrote In a Puff of Smoke, I confessed a contemptuous intolerance for Sean “P. Diddy/Puff Daddy” Combs.  Such contempt, I’ve come to realize, is incorrect according to the love of Christ that I claim to abide by. Taking it a step further, I must admit that I’ve ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “More African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil War began,” according to Michelle Alexander, a law professor at The Ohio State University.  Alexander is the author of an interesting new book called “The New Jim Crow:  ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black men can be very meticulous when it comes to their dress and appearance. Nice haircut, clean shoes and a nicely tailored suit are essentials for most, but when it comes to skin care, they don’t seem to be as particular. They wash their face, they shave and they ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The decision to elevate the assault on Libya and its leader, Moammar Gadhafi, has some very chilling forecasts for normalizing relations with Muslims in America. Libya is involved in a civil war for which no vital American interests are at stake. Libya only controls two percent of the world’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In the last few weeks in particular, American foreign policy has never looked worse. To describe it as the “Keystone Cops of Diplomacy and War-Making” would be too charitable. The fault lies not just with President Barack Hussein Obama, our obsessively pro-Arab and pro-Muslim president, or Secretary of State ...