(ThyBlackMan.com) The United States added 431,000 new jobs last month, a sign, we are told, of how healthy the economy is. You could have fooled me. I’m not a numbers cruncher. I’m talking about how the economy feels, which translates pretty directly into how voters vote. And it doesn’t feel ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Soft on crime” is the old dog whistle that Republican senators like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley used to smear Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as they attempted to derail her historic Supreme Court nomination. Their racist deception failed. Jackson is almost certain to be confirmed — and her strong ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It may be April Fools’ Day, but the joke is on Congressional Democrats who supported David Weil’s nomination to lead the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division again. On Wednesday evening, the U.S. Senate rejected The Fissured Workplace author in a cloture vote. By a 53-47 margin, all 50 Republicans ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Larry Summers served as secretary of the Treasury, director of the National Economic Council, and president of Harvard University. He is not a dumb man. He is a liberal Democrat with a Democrat’s understanding of economic policy. On Feb. 4, 2021, writing in the Washington Post, Summers wrote of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Goodness! What a night. During the live broadcast of the Academy Awards, actor Will Smith walked up to the stage and face-slapped comedian Chris Rock. When Smith returned to his seat, he unleashed a profanity-laced tirade — muted by the show’s producer — at Rock. What did Rock do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com)A Congressional meeting room might be the last place people would expect to find joy. But joy was in the air on the opening day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Joy was in my heart and in the hearts of so many friends and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Education is free. Freedom of education shall be enjoyed under the condition fixed by law and under the supreme control of the state. — Karl Marx The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) John McWhorter is like the leader of a road band that plays the same tune every night. He advocated “ racial profiling” in Feb. 2004 in Commentary magazine which at the time was edited by John Podhoretz. This article in which a number of Blacks were barked at was McWhorter’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chris Wallace, the disgraced ex-Fox News Channel host, took a number of cheap shots at his former place of employment during an exclusive interview with The New York Times. “I just no longer felt comfortable with the programming at Fox,” said Wallace, the notorious never-Trumper. Mr. Wallace left Fox News ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Lady Justice statue, which is seen often in many courthouses, has become the most recognized symbol of American justice. It is portrayed as a blindfolded woman carrying a sword and a set of scales as she represents the ethics and fairness of how the legal system is supposed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What is to be done about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his deranged spouse? That vexed question arose again this week when the Washington Post revealed dozens of text messages exchanged by Virginia Thomas, the right-wing jurist’s wife, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ketanji Brown Jackson by every legal and judicial standard is almost a judicial central casting SCOTUS pick. Her credentials are impeccable. She has garnered loads of awards for legal acumen. She was confirmed by the Senate, which included several GOP senators, three times. She has a near storybook, compelling ...