(ThyBlackMan.com) The shooting of Ralph Yarl is a story that is still relatively fresh in today’s news cycle. As the days and weeks pass, current news will eventually push the Yarl story away from our radar. The violence surrounding the shooting is not a situation where we go back to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Or, more specifically, raise the debt ceiling. The United States government consistently spends more money than it takes in. (Its income is derived primarily via tax dollars.) The debt ceiling refers to the maximum amount of money that the Treasury Department is allowed to borrow to pay the government’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My favorite scene from The Godfather 2 is the moment Michael delivers a candid remark to Senator Geary, stating, “Senator, we’re both a part of the same hypocrisy.” That being said, I do not align myself with either the Democratic or Republican Party since they both embody the same ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Several years ago, I remember working a side job for extra income. One day while at work, I noticed a co-worker discreetly move to another part of the office with a prayer rug. They preparing to observe the prayers their Muslim faith required. This was around Easter; on this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every year, the American Library Association unveils its list of the top ten most-challenged books for the previous year. And this year, Number One is the same as last year’s Number One: the book “Gender Queer,” by Maia Kobabe. Other books that achieved this distinction were Toni Morrison’s classic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There were two spirits that marveled Jesus. One was the spirit of unbelief, and the other was the spirit of faith. Those are the two spirits that operate in the lives of human beings all the time. Until you decide and make up in your mind that you are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week the radical liberal Washington Post newspaper had one of their self-identified journalists, Ian Shapira do a hit piece on one of Virginia Governor’s, Glenn Youngkin, agency heads. In the reporter’s feeble attempt to embarrass the Younkin administration, he ended up proving the very point the Youngkin official ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On April 13, 2023, Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old African American teenager, was shot and wounded after ringing the doorbell to the wrong house in Kansas City, Missouri. Yarl was attempting to pick up his twin brothers and ended up at the wrong address, according to family members. The incident ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For reasons of spiritual conviction, I have not owned a firearm for the past twelve years. While some may believe that guns are necessary for protection, the underlying motivation is undoubtedly fear. This fear has prevented the implementation of gun control laws in America and may continue to do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Romans 1:17 CSB For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith. Behold, a mower went out to mow his lawn a little while before night, and alas, he had not finished. However, he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week the world lost one of its truly great freedom fighters in the person of Harry Belafonte. For roughly seven decades, Mr. Belafonte fought for human dignity with his fame, his influence – and his checkbook. As the Civil Rights Movement collapsed into cardiac arrest, Belafonte was at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had a tumultuous election to his post as House Speaker in January. It took him fifteen votes and innumerable compromises to secure his position tenuously. The deal he agreed to allows any House member to call his leadership into question, voting him out at the drop ...