(ThyBlackMan.com) “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.” That’s from President Trump’s last State of the Union address. I’m sure many people found it as encouraging as I did, especially in light of surveys indicating that socialism is gaining popularity here in the United ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Candidates for office have a long history of promising the sun, the moon, and the stars to get votes, and the higher the office, the bigger the promises. Of course, the bigger the promises, the bigger the disappointment when they inevitably don’t deliver on them. But what one Democrats ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Facebook, the social network, announced on Jan. 30, 2018, that it would ban all ads for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in order to stop promotions that it sees as “frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices.” But, as the New York Times reported about this story, “Mark Zuckerberg, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Presidential candidate Joe Biden recently announced his “Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice.” While it might be viewed as a Green New Deal Lite, the plan would inflict serious economic, environmental and societal pain on most of the nation, for no climate benefits. First, as I’ve pointed out here and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I had a great Dad. I think anyone who knew Joe Sewell would heartily agree, he was a wonderful family man. He taught me so much about being a man – maturity, responsibility, pride and humility – mostly by watching. When one of us, me or my siblings, would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do police officers have to protect us? Recently Scot Peterson, the deputy and school resource officer at the school in Parkland, Florida was fired then arrested then charged with several counts of child neglect and perjury as well. In light of all the active shooter incidents around this country ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are numerous interesting personalities in the NFL. Although quarterbacks like Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and Drew Brees draw the most attention in the NFL, impact players like Marcus Peters, Ndamukong Suh, and Antonio Brown grab headlines for their play and their on-field and off the field personalities as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that America could elect a black president in 40 years or less. Implicit in King’s prediction is that such an achievement would show that racism was no longer a serious problem in our country. Three years later, King said: “Because of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent years, the spate of homicides linked to questionable uses of deadly weapons and/or force, have prompted many activist organizations to call for racial reparations. From Trayvon Martin’s death in Florida, to Michael Brown’s in Missouri, Eric Garner’s in New York and many other deaths — a chorus ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, The New York Times ran a massive piece detailing the supposed radicalization of one Caleb Cain. Cain moved from political liberalism toward self-ascribed “tradcon” status from watching YouTube videos. The New York Times charted this nefarious move by following those videos. The suggestion by The Times was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are living in a time of increasing domestic tension. Some of it stems from the presidency of Donald Trump. Another part of it is various advocacy groups on both sides of the political spectrum demanding one cause or another. But nearly totally ignored is how growing government control ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Fifty years after its genesis, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense reigns as the Black Power Era’s most memorable organization. Co-founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, the Panthers longevity is attributable to the iconic images of Black men and women carrying guns for the sake of Black ...