(ThyBlackMan.com) Is quality shut-eye eluding you? The 2010 Sleep in America poll by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) revealed that blacks reported getting the least amount of sleep on workdays/weekdays, generally no more than 6 hours. The problem? Experts have proven that less sleep can equal increased disease risks, including ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes, we look at people in a way that reveals exactly how we feel. We can look with love, or we can look with hate. Sometimes, we can look with indifference or with judgement of those we assume are beneath us. We do this when we see people on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When the dust settles on this year’s presidential election, the real winner will prove to be Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Gov. Chris Christie is finishing his first term as governor and will be seeking reelection in 2013. He has built a reputation as a rare no-nonsense, straight-talking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since I left the US in 2007 so much has changed. I’ll state the obvious—African-American president, bank, auto industry, and mortgage failures, recession, rapidly changing racial and ethnic demographics. The post-election commentators will provide nuanced analysis of those issues—maybe. I’m left with one minor but troubling question of far ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama defeated his Republican challenger to win a second term of office on Tuesday, having captured 58 million votes in 26 states for a total of 307 electors. Mitt Romney won 56 million popular votes in 24 states, with a total of 216 electoral votes. The liberal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “America fears two things, violence and finances”-David Banner. Sometimes I find myself shaking my head when events such as the shooting death of Trayvon Martin occur and Black folks are upset one week and then the next week it’s back to the same old routine. When I ask people ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do not dismiss this solution to create jobs without reading it! We need this approach or something similar. We are not in a typical downturn. Business balance sheets for the most part are in good shape. Additional tax breaks are not needed. It the lack of product demand which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a familiar sight to every basketball fan. Toward the end of the fourth quarter when it becomes evident one side is on the verge of defeat, the losing team begins to foul. They foul out of frustration, they foul to get the ball back, and they foul to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I can remember it like it was yesterday as my family and I walked into the funeral home chapel to the haunting sound of Sam Cookes A change gone come. This song had been chosen by his grandchildren a tribute befitting my seventy-five year old Father who had seen ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why are we playing tricks on our minds on the eve of the most important election in our lifetime? Why are black pundits, commentators and others posing the question, “do blacks support Mr. Obama because he’s black?” Do we not get that we are alive to witness an event ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It was quite the disheartening day when I realized that I, son of a preacher, descendant of the subjugated race here in America, was simply a mere creation and by product of the worst forms of American imperialism and religious bigotry the world has ever seen. The most troubling ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During dinner on the Rebuild America Defeat Obama bus tour(http://www.campaigntodefeatobama.com/rebuild-america-tour/ ), a fascinating discussion evolved amongst our team. Someone said he fears who we have become as a people; a nation in which a majority believes it normal to receive government-handouts. He witnessed people using food stamps to purchase ...