(ThyBlackMan.com) Entering Week 10 in the NFL, the only undefeated team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, was coached by a Black man in Mike Tomlin. Tomlin has been one of the NFL’s most successful head coaches since earning the Steelers’ job back in 2007 at the relatively young age of 35 years ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In an informal poll on my Facebook page. I asked, “Now that there’s the likelihood of a COVID vaccine soon will you get vaccinated?” There were dozens of responses. Most of those responding was Black. Most said no. Their responses admittedly are anecdotal. However, the results of an August Gallup poll ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What a nice surprise. David E. Talbert, a playwright (Love in the Nick of Tyme) turned filmmaker (First Sunday), lets his musicality fly and creates a viable family Christmas movie that’s as strong as any Disney film. Inspired by musicals like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dr. Dolittle and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wasted no time in cheerleading Trump’s bogus claim that he’s still President. In a speech on the Senate floor, McConnell not only egged Trump on in pushing his fraudulent claim that he was cheated out of the Oval Office, but harped that Trump was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Opioid abuse is a plague that is tearing apart American towns and families. Between 1999 and 2018, over 230,000 Americans died from overdosing on prescription opioids, and the government is finally taking serious actions to end opioid abuse. The companies and people who caused this crisis must be held accountable, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “It was as if my very presence in the White House triggered a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been disrupted… For millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House, he [Trump] promised an elixir for their racial anxiety.” Barack Obama from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ever since Trump first took the Oval Office this has been virtually written in political stone. The prototype Trump backer is a poorly educated, KKK or white nationalist loving, slob of a blue collar white male worker or farmer in the backwoods of the Deep South or Midwest who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Without a doubt, the biggest news of the past few weeks was Election Day 2020 for the general elections of federal public officials. Understandably, the most attention on Election Day is reserved for the race for the President of the United States. Democrat Joe Biden defeated incumbent Republican Donald ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s look at amazing Black comedy specials. Most will be familiar, many are like to have aged poorly. Let’s check them out! Bernie Mac – The Original Kings of Comedy The entire Original Kings of Comedy was decent overall but the show stealer was Bernie Mac’s set. This was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In Black nerd circles you’ll find many of us who rock with metal, punk, and rock music—among other genres. I love heavy metal and synthwave in addition to Southern hip-hop and trap. For some of us, metal and punk were easy to get into because it’s outsider music for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I hate to celebrate another person’s misfortune. That kind of pettiness is totally classless. But watching Donald Trump having to agonize through his loss to Joe Biden is making me want to dance in the street. Trump thinks he’s striking a blow against Joe Biden by refusing to concede ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The turmoil, inequity, and distress we are experiencing in our nation today can be reversed, with the enactment of a 10%, $25,000 Consumer Tax Cut. Our nation can be transformed economically, with a Demand Side Tax Cut. However, that’s easier said than done, as we look at just a ...