(ThyBlackMan.com) If people who read my column know one thing, it is that I am unafraid to say what I believe. I am also unafraid to leave out the sugarcoating. For example, I believe that many Black men and women have been polarized by feminist propaganda. We could get into ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Would you take relationship tips from your grandfather or your mom to make your marriage happier? Modern married couples just might do well to emulate some of the successful strategies of their happily married parents and grandparents — from sleeping in separate beds to maintaining same-sex friends. Could “old-fashioned” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When people ask me how can I be divorced with two children and pay no child support, I tell them I took a cue from Nancy Reagan; I ‘just said no.’ I took the road less traveled. I am fortunate to be a full time musician for the past ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tyler Perry recently topped off the list of the highest paid men in entertainment. Perry raked in an estimated $130 million last year between his films and two TBS television shows, “House of Payne” and “Meet the Browns.” The list was compiled by Forbes Magazine and helps Perry stake his claim ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last December, I wrote a column titled, “Michael Vick–From Vick-tim to Vick-tory.” The premise of that piece was that Vick made poor decisions which ultimately caused him to serve time in a federal prison. After leaving prison, his lifestyle suggested that he had truly turned his life around. This ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Thanks for The Help An open letter to African American Book Clubs & Readers: A response to your support for The Help As important as your role is to the African American literary community, I feel it is prudent that I address you at this hour. First, I want ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bitterness is a hateful and spiteful condition of the heart that evolves out of being wronged or thinking that one has been mistreated. It involves continual contemplation of hurtful things done to you, which typically results in displaced anger that never seems to go away. Within the context of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the first Republican debate last week, the loudest applause of the night rang after Brian Williams questioned Gov. Rick Perry on Texas’ execution of an alarming 234 death row inmates. As predicted, his response included the following: ‘If you come into our state and you kill one of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I read about a report released this week showing that NCAA athletes are worth six figures, the only thought I could muster was, “that’s all?” Perhaps because I’m a Finance Professor, I’ve been hearing the “cha-chings” in college athletics since I first learned how business models work. Any activity ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the last six months, I’ve had the privilege of talking to a group of African American teenage boys whose stories are often lost in all the heated rhetoric about how to fix our public schools. These boys could easily have added their lives to the historically high dropout ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are constantly discussing the plight of single mothers, women who are left to raise children without fathers in the household. We have heard stories of dad’s taking off and leaving, never seeing their offspring again or hardly keeping in touch. However, we rarely hear about the mother that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Essence Magazine’s Demetria Lucas (who I consider a friend after having her on my show once) recently hit on her oft-discussed topic of black women and relationships by questioning whether or not the stereotype of the single, bitter black woman is true. Her words were a reflection of comments made by Ralph Richard ...