(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2013 edition of the government shutdown shouldn’t be discussed in terms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or as many refer to now as “Obamacare.” The law has taken effect and the shutdown has done nothing to change this fact. Understand, this ideological battle is not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The verdict was in even before the first enrollee inked their signature October 1 on a health care plan under the Affordable Care Act. The law is an unmitigated triumph for the millions of uninsured in America. The triumph is even greater for African-Americans. The checklist of pluses is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hillary Clinton is still playing coy on the one question that many incessantly ask, and that’s will she run? Her response in a recent interview to the politically tantalizing question was simply to say that she will do what’s best to advocate for the values and policies she thinks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) God’s law is crystal clear when it demands “Thou shalt not kill.” The laws of man also declare the same. For this reason, murder – the taking of a human life through violence – carries extremely severe consequences and punishments within civilized societies. Since these things are true, how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP House speaker John Boehner is making a strained effort to check House Republicans in their hell-bent charge against President Obama on the budget, continued government funding and their pet loathing, the Affordable Care Act. His effort is fruitless for one simple reason. The Tea Party, which backed House ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ed Asner’s explanation for Hollywood’s silence regarding Obama attacking Syria epitomizes the absurdity and danger of political correctness and identity politics. Ironically, Hollywood progressives find themselves slaves of their own emotion driven brain-dead loon-icy. Hollywood along with Democrats and the mainstream media have declared all opposition or criticism of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am no foreign policy expert, but I am an American with a brain. As such, I’ve curiously observed President Obama’s case for military intervention in the country of Syria. Like anyone else, I was h**t to see the images individuals and children who’ve been harmed by chemical attacks within ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After listening to the president’s speech on the Syrian affair, my position remains the same. He should throw this issue in the lap of congress, and thereafter, follow their prescription. The primary reason for that is, for the past four years it has been clearly demonstrated that he’s dealing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent resignation of NAACP president Ben Jealous was a surprise to everyone, including myself. I don’t spend much time thinking about Ben’s career plans, but my crystal ball said nothing about a resignation. Ben’s decision to leave the NAACP is one of those defining moments that lead us ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The stunning number of GOP law makers that are vehemently opposed to US war making against Syria has been nothing less than astounding. Lame duck Minnesota GOP congressperson Michelle Bachman’s flat-out assertion that Syrian intervention would be a bad call and the US is war-weary seemed to punctuate much ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With their fingers on the triggers, the Secretary of Defense and others in our government are poised to strike Syria and commit fighting troops to that country, even at a time when the soldiers in Afghanistan are scheduled to leave. Understanding that World War Two and the Viet Nam ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why are Tavis Smiley and Cornel West always so racially inflammatory when referring to the policies of President Obama? Every comment they make seems to be hostile, disrespectful, and racially slanderous. Cornel West, who was alleged to be an intelligent man, doesn’t seem to be able to open his ...