(ThyBlackMan.com) The shots were fired 3,000 miles away, but they were heard across the nation. In a flash, the sense of personal insecurity that has come to invade urban America of late had a name and a face and a nightmare to associate with it. In Los Angeles, Metro announced ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “It’s the economy, stupid,” is the infamous mantra conceived by Democratic political consultant James Carville that underscored the main issue driving the 1992 presidential race. A few months later, Bill Clinton replaced George H.W. Bush as president; it was the voters’ focus on the economy that put Clinton in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The celebration of Easter provides us with the opportunity to take a step back and reassess our lives. It gives us the chance to contemplate who we are and what we aspire to be. Given that Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we should take advantage of this ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the most important lessons in tax policy is that the person who is handed the bill and sends the check to the taxman isn’t necessarily the person shouldering the entire cost — or even the bulk of the cost. A tax might first directly hit a few ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What was the pitch meeting like for CNN+? “Hey, I know we’re the lowest rated cable news channel, but maybe people will pay for what they aren’t interested in for free?” Something that dumb and crazy had to have been said, heard and determined to be a good idea ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Social media has now become both a gift and a curse for society. It’s a luxury wherein it keeps you posted about the worldwide affairs, and it’s a curse because it has become as necessary to life as oxygen, water, food, and shelter are. Of course, social media has ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The crises of recent years tend to erase from memory those that preceded them. One, as you may recall, was the financial collapse of 2008 — a collapse deemed by many as the worst since the Great Depression. That collapse swept into power a government like the one we ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Millions of Americans are paying taxes this week. What worsens the pain is to see President Joe Biden spending our tax money on hotel stays, debit cards and cellphones for migrants illegally crossing the southern border. Biden is rolling out the welcome mat. Illegal border crossers will no longer ...