(ThyBlackMan.com) Locs have been around for centuries. While some claim that they descend from ancient Greece, others swear that they were first spotted in Egypt. But if there is one thing we know for certain, it is that they are a big part of African culture to this day. From ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Milton Friedman used to quip that, in Washington, if a government program is working, Congress says we need to spend more money on it. And if a government program is failing, Congress concludes we are not spending enough money on it. We are seeing that in spades with the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The bipartisan group of senators who just passed a $1.1 trillion federal infrastructure bill are attempting to sell it as a reasonable, centrist compromise. Yet it is neither reasonable nor centrist. If approved by the House, the bill would immensely expand the size and power of the federal government, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In April, President Joe Biden told the nation he would have all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack ever on the continental United States. Given the turn of events of the past week, that 20th anniversary may be celebrated ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Right-wing Black talk jock Larry Elder should be a bad joke but isn’t. The one person who knows that is the man Elder is trying to unseat in the September California governor recall. That’s California Governor Gavin Newsom. He has sent out a flurry of emails attacking Elder and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was in high school when Saigon fell to communist forces in 1975. I still remember the news coverage at the time, and the unforgettable images of our American embassy being evacuated by rooftop helicopter landing. It was unprecedented American humiliation. We’d never seen anything like it before, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people at some stage will face addiction problems in their life, either a struggle that they face themselves or a family member or friend that goes through it. There are different kinds of addiction, broadly categorized into either process addition – for example, gambling or pornography – or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Summertime is the perfect time for family travel, with school being out, taking a trip together is an amazing opportunity to create new memories and improve your relationship with your kids. You don’t have to get onto a plane to have a great family trip. One of the biggest ...