(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a shame that our government don’t do their jobs with their constituency in mind. It’s very easy to sit on capitol hill and make laws that don’t benefit the American people. One can raise the argument that they don’t see themselves as one of us. They are so ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay off their student loans. Today, 44 million consumers share $1.4 trillion in borrowed student debt – more than double what it was in 2008. On average, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, entertainer extraordinaire Bill Cosby was handed a hung jury in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. Regardless of what you think of Cosby and the allegations made against him, a jury of his peers spoke and they concluded that they couldn’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My regular readers know that I have friends in all walks-of-life, and some practice old-school lifestyle avocations. I communicate with them as often as possible and sometimes their perspectives serve as viewpoints I use in my articles. I have a friend who could be called a naturalist. He’s retired ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My “Rewriting American History” column of a fortnight ago, about the dismantling of Confederate monuments, generated considerable mail. Some argued there should not be statues honoring traitors such as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis, who fought against the Union. Victors of wars get to write the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The clinicians would have a field day with #45 Trump’s Obama fixation. He hasn’t missed a chance to hector, accuse, bait, and hack up former President Obama at every turn. There were times during the 2016 presidential campaign that Trump seemed to be running against Obama, rather than Clinton. He ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two tennis greats, International Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe, and current tennis legend Serena Williams have been linked in a recent controversy over McEnroe’s comments about Serena Williams’ place in tennis history. A few days ago while promoting his book on NPR, John McEnroe was asked about Serena Williams ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, the President is scheduled to talk extensively about U.S. energy policy and the administration’s push for “energy dominance” at a time when oil giants like OPEC are looking more fragile than ever. The President and his team are putting in place policies to continue the boom in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America doesn’t have an unemployment problem – it has an education and skilled worker problem. Right now, there are millions of available jobs all around the country with top companies offering good pay and benefits. However, the problem for these potential employers is a lack of skilled or properly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The number of Americans enrolled in Medicaid has increased from 29 million in 1990 to 73 million today – an increase of 252 percent over a period when the nation’s population increased 30 percent. Total spending on Medicaid today is $574 billion, 275 percent above the $209 billion of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A recent story in a Philadelphia newspaper and Philadelphia television stated many gentrified communities in the Delaware River wards are experiencing a spike in lead poisoning; not in the drinking water or from paint but from the ground! The article stated the lead comes from old smelters and factories ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was always taught what wisdom could not teach the hardships of life would make crystal clear. There are many lessons we can learn from the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise. It is not insensitive to acknowledge that he helped support the climate that would critically injure him, and others. ...