(ThyBlackMan.com) The daily White House coronavirus briefings have made me cringe, scream, shake my head, and even laugh! The President of the United States offers medical advice, minimizes the coronavirus, injects partisanship into his remarks, and generally treated these critical briefings as his daily open mike. He uses his bully pulpit ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been in the news a lot lately for having warned how bad the COVID-19 pandemic would get. In April 2018, he said, “there is a significant probability of a large and lethal, modern-day pandemic occurring in our lifetimes.” He cautioned, “even in the U.S., our response to a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We face a pandemic that has not been seen at this level in a century, causing all levels of government to react. Health departments have issued specific guidelines in an attempt to slow down the infection rate, but how much will it help? Only time will tell. However, you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is more than a tendency, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, to blame those politicians in power for the continuing crisis, which has harmed our health, shut down our economy and thrust us into a likely deep recession if not depression. While I support President Donald J. Trump, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To hear all the shouting about voting by mail, you would think that the U.S. postal delivery system is fail-safe. That’s a laugh – whether you’re talking about the proper and timely delivery of votes, your mortgage or car payment, or your letter to grandma. Remember this? I learned ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As an educational professional of 32 years and a graduate of South Carolina State University. My parents were both graduates of HBCUs. Mother (Delaware State College), father (Delaware State College) and grandparents were dedicated educators. They always encouraged giving back in the form of wisdom, prayers, encouragement and helping ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After passing Phase 4 of coronavirus relief legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he had little inclination to go further: including providing needed aid to state and local governments. He blithely suggested they consider bankruptcy. McConnell even went so far as to say that helping states hardest hit ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Radical liberals have taken Americans to the mountaintop and we have seen their promised land; and it is not a pretty picture. They have a dream of reimagining America in its own radical liberal image. During this coronavirus outbreak, they have shown us what America will look like if ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If the Malevolent Donkey Party was actively seeking to plunge the country into an economic tailspin, while still maintaining some level of deniability to the credulous suckers out there, exactly what would it be doing differently? It would be pretty much doing exactly what it is doing right now ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we emerge from this coronavirus pandemic, it is vital to reignite our economy and get people back to work. One way to create jobs is through infrastructure investment. This will not only jumpstart the economy but will address our aging infrastructure and build vitally needed new infrastructure. In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When the nongovernmental National Coronavirus Recovery Commission was first formed in early April, commissioners requested that citizens submit comments and ideas to help it formulate recommendations that governments, businesses, and civil society could use to combat both the health and economic effects of COVID-19. Those comments have provided some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A scattering of protests aimed at state lockdowns erupted across the country last week, sparked not by social distancing guidelines but by politicians’ unilaterally dictating what products citizens are permitted to purchase in box stores, attempting to shut down drive-in Masses at churches and closing parks and beaches, among ...