(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about James Cleveland’s voice that feels like home. Maybe it’s the way he blends sermon with song, or maybe it’s the unshakable honesty in every word he sings. For me—and for so many others—his music isn’t just gospel; it’s therapy, it’s church, it’s family, it’s healing. This ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When President Donald Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a home builder executive, to be acting director of national intelligence, he inadvertently triggered attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The director of national intelligence is the head of the umbrella agency that gathers intelligence from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand was often accused of inventing cartoonish villains. Rogues like Ellsworth Toohey in “The Fountainhead” would scheme to seize the global economy’s commanding heights in pursuit of a distorted sense of justice. But the people who hold such ideas don’t just appear in cartoons or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Knicks did not just win Game 4. They survived it, stole it, dragged it out of the fire, and turned Madison Square Garden into a place that felt like old ghosts were finally being chased out of the building. A 107 to 106 win over the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The thirst for Soccer (as it is known in the U.S.), futbol as it is known nearly everywhere else, has increased to a very high level as the FIFA World Cup 2026 has arrived. This version of the World Cup seems as wide scale as ever with 104 matches ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the more revealing political developments of recent years has been the Democratic Party’s growing concern about its declining support among male voters. After years of watching men drift toward the political right, many Democrats have begun asking a simple question: Why are men leaving? The answer may ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) June 27 is coming up, the date of the 2024 debate when America watched Joe Biden tank the election to Donald Trump. Remember? It would be hard to forget Democrats’ pain when we saw a ghostly Biden self-destruct and grope for words. Jill Biden tried to pretend otherwise, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, I had the chance to attend my alma mater’s 45th reunion. Besides the reminder of how old I have gotten, or how stiff my knees are, it was an enjoyable and memorable trip down memory lane. As with most college reunions, the university did not miss the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a refrain which down through the years has been uttered by many. It underscored a belief, a hope, that the tough, unnerving, difficult period that they were in would in time pass. “This too shall pass.” Usually in one form or another it did. Many Americans and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have lived long enough to know when somebody is talking with us and when somebody is talking at us. That is part of what makes the Donald Trump conversation so tiring. It is not always about whether a person likes the man, dislikes him, voted for him, prayed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The San Antonio Spurs are not dead yet, and that is the one thing the New York Knicks did not want to hear after Game 3. After dropping the first two games of the NBA Finals at home, the Spurs walked into Madison Square Garden with their season leaning ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We have a popular saying that goes something like this, “Rome was not built in a day” and we all have a good understanding what that means. The truth is that I do not know how long it took to build Rome, but I know that the entire universe, ...