(ThyBlackMan.com) On July 30th, our country marked Medicare and Medicaid’s 52nd birthday—enacted as Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and signed into law as part of Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 War on Poverty. For the very first time in our country, all Americans aged 65 or older were ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) You have done your homework and crunched the numbers. You have calculated the mortgage payments and estimated the payments for taxes. You have been realistic in terms of exactly what price range for a house that you can afford. You even managed to stay within that range while you were ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you are dealing with issues such as immigration, you have several options for how to handle the process. However, that does not mean that all of those options are the best ones for you. There is one option available that is certainly more stable than others and that is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Suffering a serious injury has the potential to be a truly life-changing experience and can have huge consequences for your mental and physical health, finances and personal life. Many people end up struggling to pay for their medical bills following an injury or find that the injury makes them ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What is the difference between those who claim they want to achieve something great – whether it’s writing a book, launching a business or going back to school – and those who actually do it? Mindset! Success begins with a thought and eventually becomes a mental attitude. A mindset is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you look back on the past and the way businesses were run before the information age took hold, it’s amazing how things have changed. From clunky typewriters to sleek laptops and from smoky conference rooms to offices that are completely smoke-free, a lot has changed over the years about ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Google fired software engineer James Damore for writing a 10-page memo critical of the company’s diversity policy. The memo violated the company’s code of conduct by “advancing harmful gender stereotypes” by suggesting that biological factors were part of the cause for the male/female gap in the tech industry. I ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the first things to remember before you attempt to create a successful website for your small business is that it won’t be easy. It takes a lot of time and effort to achieve the perfect balance, along with how it actually functions and how appealing it is to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the things that people want out of life is to be successful. This looks different from person to person. What works for one does not always work for someone else. We all have to define what it looks for each of us. But when it comes down to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The conventional wisdom is that the price of a stock will rise and fall based on the performance of the company of that stock. But is this really true? The reality is that the performance of the stock market has a lot more to do with expectations. This is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Regarding the Colin Kaepernick controversy. I must be missing a gene or something, because I’ve never understood people’s fascination with sports.  What is it that’s so great about sports?  My father was the very same way.  I once asked him if he ever participated in sports, and he told me, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) For some people, it is the best part of their job. For others, it can be very inconvenient, and they hate spending a few days apart from their family. However, there are some jobs in which business trips are necessary and completely unavoidable. Most people don’t enjoy traveling for business ...