(ThyBlackMan.com) Madea’s loyal fans have two choices. They can say goodbye to their eccentric Aunty by attending her touring play or wish her adieu at a movie theater. Judging by what’s on screen in this anemic family comedy, the live performance is a better bet. It’s more thoughtful and a hell ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Trump gave one of his most memorable and impactful speeches two weeks ago, when he systematically dismantled the case for socialism. In that speech, he recalled the economic harm and destruction in nations that have adopted socialism, communism or Stalinism. “America will never be a socialist country,” Trump pledged ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) They’re back at it again. Even though the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed common-sense rules in 2017 that freed internet carriers from strict regulation, House Democrats have announced a plan to replace those rules. The new rules (same as the pre-2015 old rules) have been in effect for more than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Pieces of silver and pieces of gold. Tell me, Who’ll pay reparations on my soul?” Gil Scott-Heron Talk of reparations has entered the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries in discussions among the candidates, some of whom have said they would support them. Never mind the difficulty in determining who would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Old heads have been around. They know how the world works—or at least how it worked when they were your age. Then again, there’s very little new under the sun. Some of the same problems we deal with as younger Black men, they’ve dealt with in another form. As a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The left wants you to believe that the Electoral College is irrelevant, out of date and undemocratic. The truth is they’d like to bypass this ingenious institution because it’ll be easier for them to implement their tried and failed socialist agenda across America. After Colorado’s Legislature passed a bill to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When a president says he could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue and that his supporters would still support him, America is dark. When this con man is right about the zombies who blindly follow him, America is dark. When a president can tell over 8,000 proven lies and deceptions, have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Malcolm X once said, “The most disrespected woman in America, is the black woman. The most un-protected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America, is the black woman.” Regardless of this assessment of black women, it has not stopped black women from being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Having just concluded the nation’s month-long celebration of Black History Month, the Republican Party and the conservative movement had one of the most disastrous months in my lifetime. I have warned anyone who will listen that race will be the most dominant issue as we head into the 2020 election ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Big Easy. Nawlins. The Crescent City. All about Saints, Mardi Gras, second lines, and festivals. There are so many things that distinguish New Orleans from other cities and towns across the country, and even within the state of Louisiana. Yes, New Orleans is in the South, but people in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From the Duke lacrosse incident to Jussie Smollett and so many other fake incidents in between, they were especially unwise, being African-Americans, to try and fool law enforcement. We saw what happened to Michael Vick and he was not even at home when the dog fights occurred. We saw what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, in thumbing through my computer to satisfy my intellectual curiosity, as I sometimes do, a video and story on the Ebony.com site caught my eye. Steve Harvey was interviewing Mo’nique and the topic of integrity came up. In an intense exchange, here is what Mo’nique said, “Before the ...