(ThyBlackMan.com) If Kamala Harris becomes the first woman president, her first accomplishment could well have already happened — elevating and honoring the positive side of masculinity. Tim Walz, whose politics are to the left of most Americans and certainly most swing voters, has been welcomed not as a box-checking, progressive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Throughout our history, Americans have often (though certainly not always) striven to build a wall, or at least a fence, to separate church from state. Even as a devout Christian, I recognize the potential pitfalls of too deeply intertwining the two. Additionally, formally integrating church and state would give ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is no surprise that police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attacks are now hitting the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris: former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, and current Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel “Danny” Hodges testified ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In order to understand why Black people in America want Kamala Harris as president, you have to understand how the overwhelming majority of Black people vote and how they think. That is down a very deep and dark rabbit hole that we are going to jump into with both ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most people in the world are fascinated and enthralled when they come face to face with true examples of excellence in any field of endeavor. In sport we think of the Michael Jordans, the Muhammad Alis and the Peles just to name a few. If your interest is in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On this the centennial anniversary and celebration of the coming into being of Nana James Baldwin (August 2, 1924), beloved writer and teacher of the beautiful, transformative and lie-resistant truth, we find ourselves still struggling and working our way through the awesome responsibilities of what he called the possibility ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When did politics become such fun? While Democrats will roll up our sleeves to win the November election, in the meantime our candidates are clearly having a good time with the process. Every time she strides across a stage, she beams. Her smile is an incandescence. Her wave joyful. And ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are some things we who have honorably served in our military despise. Liars and cowards are at the top of that list. And it is even worse when the two are combined. We hate it even more when there are those who dismiss such abhorrent character traits when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In October 2020, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ faced off in a debate against then Vice President Mike Pence. But it was more than just a pro-forma candidate debate against a pro-forma rival in Pence that Harris had to contend with. She also faced the nagging, infuriating and seemingly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This has been a year when the U.S. public has learned a lot about political prisoners. Using the definition of “political prisoner” via Encyclopedia Britannica Online, a political prisoner is “a person who is imprisoned because that person’s actions or beliefs are contrary to those of his or her ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few weeks ago my wife and I attended a family event at National Park New Jersey called the Butterfly Festival. It was a hot day but the park was filled with families taking advantage of the venue. There were vendors, food trucks, face painting and games for the children, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is not a classier Journalist/Reporter than Rachel Scott @ABC News! As a dues paying; card-carrying member of the National Association of Black Journalist (NABJ); this writer was appalled at the atrocious and disrespectful behavior of former president Donald F. Trump at the NABJ convention last week. The event ...