(ThyBlackMan.com) Folks love to tell single people that they should get married. There are all sorts of reasons for this sociological phenomenon, many of which are comprised of good intentions – and so, they say, is the road to hell. The next time you feel compelled to tell someone you ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In reading the bible, you will find several different types of prayers. The importance in our prayer life is to know what type of prayer to pray and when to pray it. Three different types of prayer are supplication, intercession, and praise and thanksgiving. Supplication means to petition. To ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Many changes have taken place over the past 20 years, but one major change affecting our health is portion size – and how easily, and cheaply, we can stuff ourselves on unhealthy food options. Who would have thought that a quarter-pound cheeseburger could cost only $1? Or a meal ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Certain people demand attention, both due and undue, based on the level of success they have garnered.  The epitome of this in the world of Hip Hop is Shawn Carter a.k.a. Jay-Z. From his lyrical prowess to his business savvy, none can argue that this man has pushed this ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Kashif Parvaiz didn’t have a good relationship with his wife, Nazish Noorani.  In fact, the marriage had deteriorated so badly that divorce wasn’t enough.  Instead, he wanted to see his wife dead. So, Kashif took matters into his own hands, setting up a murder-for-hire situation that left his wife’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) On the night of June 26, 2011, in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, James Craig Anderson, age 49 after being brutally beaten was ran over and killed by teen suspect Deryl Dedmon.  The beating apparently was premeditated by some white teens which escalated to the victim being run over. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I am hearing all these complaints about the president’s bus, the president’s big, long black bus. They are saying it is too expensive, too luxurious, it was made in Canada, it is too ostentatious, and what else? What else is it that bothers them about the president’s big, long, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Florida GOP Congressman Allen West, in his trademark shoot-from-the-lip style, made brief news recently when he dredged out the worn term “plantationism” to describe the alleged relationship between blacks and Democrats. The slave inference translated into modern day political vernacular is that the Democrats for the past near six ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The new decade has been nothing but good for the rapper Wale Folarin. He released the mix tape “More about Nothing” last August that was a sequel to his 2008 tape “The mix tape about nothing” started building a buzz that was bigger than his “Nike Boots” and “Pretty ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s about time! After three years of silence, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is finally unleashing its outrage at the nation’s first black president and holding him accountable for policies which have disproportionately failed black Americans. Compared to whites and other minority groups, more blacks are unemployed under Obama ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)  It seems like 35 is going to be a breeze. I have three weeks and some change before the mid-point of my thirties is in transition. I am at peace with a lot in my life too. I am in love with music. I am in love with experiences. I ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Reading a recent article by Dr. Boyce Watkins on R-Kelly as Grand Marshal of a child’s parade warranted a deeper look into the issue of older men dating young girls. ( Article here (—— ) Picture this:   A young African American girl, heavy set, tight leggings and a tank top, heavily ...