(ThyBlackMan.com) In light of countless and unwarranted murders of Black men–young and old–across the country, this writer is compelled to reexamine the role of the hired guns who are employed by the citizens to serve and protect the citizens. As civil servants, it is a prerequisite for police officers to protect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although simplistic in terminology, gangsters personify some of the most dualistic, complex, intriguing characters of American life. Many of them wrap themselves in an assortment of dangerous cloaks of thrilling, nail-biting existences–despite how fleeting–in order to obtain self-serving objectives. The oddity of these individuals is that they can’t be defined ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Any new program will have problems and unexpected issues until they are sorted out. So it is with the Affordable Care Act. Notice the Republicans, offered no real solutions to help the uninsured or medically ill but they were quick to tear down the efforts of others. Where was the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rarely am I happier that I lack a larger audience than when I’m dead wrong about politics. My most recent piece wrongly predicted an easy victory for Hillary Clinton. I did so here, as well. With certainty, I declared Donald Trump “a loser.” In fact, so depressed was I about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The latest spin out of Washington is that stock-market declines over the last 10 days are due to Donald Trump’s surge in the polls. Well, it is true that Wall Street tends to hate change — even when it’s positive. And if Donald Trump is anything, it is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By the time you read this I trust you will have wiped away the slime and the grunge, regurgitated a few times, taken a good bath or shower, relentlessly scrubbed the stench from your bodies, and maybe even found it necessary to delouse. The dirty, filthy, hateful, distasteful, embarrassing, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “To continue in our current system without comprehensive data only stalls meaningful conversation and fuels empty debates, both within law enforcement and in the communities we serve.” — James B. Comey, F.B.I. Director, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2014 Following an explosive succession of high-profile police killings—many of them of unarmed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just a few days before the corrosive 2016 election, it occurs to me that no matter what the outcome, our social fabric has been shredded by the ugliness of this campaign. Sure, there have been ugly campaigns before, but this one has revealed the extent to which racism and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump is surging in the polls, and it appears he has an excellent chance to win the most important presidential election of our lifetimes. The desperation within the Democratic Party and their candidate, Hilary Clinton, is palpable. Hillary does not inspire blacks – their most loyal constituents – so ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) FBI director James Comey made a mighty effort to keep the negatives, both real and manufactured on Clinton in play. First there was the supposed new revelations about possible misuse of her emails. Next, he doubled down by claiming there were thousands more emails the FBI would sift through for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are in the middle of one of the most volatile and unpredictable presidential elections in living memory. Any political principles at stake are getting swallowed up by daily scandals and larger-than-life personalities. And as often happens, so much focus has been on the presidential race that many Americans have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every time I think the Republican National Committee (RNC) has bottomed out in its inability to properly engage with the Black community, they seem to find new ways of showing their total incompetence. Last Wednesday, in their infinite wisdom, the RNC decided to release a thirty second TV ad to ...