(ThyBlackMan.com) Although I did not foresee the frenetic fears and scuttlebutt regarding how the Trump ordered drone attack that ended the life of Iranian military General Qasem Soleimani could affect Black America, I am not surprised by the robust discussion. From what I have been able to glean, there appear ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are few things in the social media world more exciting than your first day on a new platform. The world is at your fingertips, you have big plans in the works, and you are ready to hit the ground running. But then something happens: you realize you need ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a child, I was convinced that my uncle Leon Van Buren was the wisest and most powerful man alive. Increased understanding of the important things of life such as the ability to claim calm and peace in a chaotic world further convinced me of my initial conclusions. As one ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) We are less than a couple weeks into 2020 and football fans have already witnessed some exhilarating NFL playoff games. Wild Card weekend had plenty of action, drama, upsets, and mistakes and a lot of viewers tuned in to watch it. Perhaps the biggest upset of the entire NFL ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Last night, at my direction, the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed a number one terrorist anywhere in the world, Qassem Soleimani…We took action last night to stop a war…We did not take action to start a war.” – President Donald Trump On Friday, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, President Donald Trump launched a global round of teeth gnashing when he ordered the killing of the greatest terrorist leader in the modern Middle East, Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was unquestionably responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans in Iraq and thousands of others ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The muted reaction of leading Democratic politicians to the elimination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani reinforces my sense of what divides our country and differentiates the two parties. One part of America still believes that there is good and evil, and one part doesn’t. The American left, whose ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Darrin Kelly, president of the powerful Allegheny-Fayette County Central Labor Council, says that not one of the Democratic candidates running for president has reached out to him to ask about or listen to what union families in western Pennsylvania are looking for in a nominee to challenge President Donald ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Addressing the British Parliament in 1982, President Ronald Reagan outlined a plan for placing the Soviet Union and Marxism-Leninism on the “ash heap of history.” It is an objective President Trump might pursue against the mullahs in Iran, who are subsidizing terrorism in the Middle East and threatening to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This has been a really difficult time for Ben Rhodes, John Kerry, and the rest of the geniuses who zombie Neville Chamberlain recently hailed as “a flock of insufferable sissies crowded around the behind of America’s enemy, shamelessly smooching their dignity away.” Zapping Qassam Soleimani ruined an Iranian offensive ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Right Wing media usually portray Obama’s actions with Iran as being a diplomatic failure, initiated because he wanted a Nuclear Deal as part of his legacy; but if we ascribe his intentions towards Iran differently, then we are left with an entirely different perspective from which to view the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) My daughter Kathryn recently called me from New York to shout at me incredulously: “Dad, did you realize that the five major beauty pageants this year all have crown holders that look like me!” America’s beauty queens are all Black women! I have told my aspiring daughter since 2nd ...