(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that an appellate court has upheld a U.S. District judge’s finding that the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional, expect the Democrats’ hysteria machine to be fired up and working overtime. They’ll portray millions of Americans as instantly losing their health insurance ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) About the cabinet of newly elected President Barack Obama, the Los Angeles Times gushed in 2008: “Seldom has a presidential Cabinet included so many intellectual and political heavyweights. Obama’s other achievement is to have assembled such an impressive team with due deference to the need for an administration that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With a House impeachment vote a foregone conclusion, the battle to remove President Trump from office has moved to the Senate. Minority Leader Charles Schumer grabbed control of the debate Monday with demands for what he called “fairness” in the president’s trial. Schumer wants the Senate to allow testimony ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s an age-old axiom that says that one should ignore what people say, and watch what they do. The truth of that axiom is on full display during this Trump impeachment effort. In spite of the fact that conservatives have a long tradition of wrapping themselves in the flag, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Where did the Donald Trump impeachment go? When House Democrats began selling tickets to their President Donald Trump Impeachment Theater — shouting their outrage, preening on those late-night talk shows — it was much meatier business. It would be full of collusion with Russia, blackmail of Ukraine. It would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After months of Democrat obstruction, which has kept $1 trillion in North American trade in a state of suspended animation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally agreed to pass the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) last week. With House passage likely this week and Senate passage in early January, we are on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I had a surprisingly emotional reaction watching “The Sound of Music” movie recently on TV. It reminded me of the wisdom of my late dad, Dr Rev Lloyd E. Marcus. Our black family of Mom, Dad, three younger siblings and me lived in the Baltimore projects. The atmosphere of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 2017 was the year of cryptocurrencies and their meteoric rise. 2018 was also the year of cryptocurrencies for a very different reason as the price of every virtual asset took a nosedive. With the previous two years being dominated by the rise of new financial products, Bitcoin et al ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I write my last column for the year, I debated what I should write about and these are the thoughts that came to my mind. So, I hope you enjoy! As I reflect on the past few decades in our country, there was once a time when the Christmas ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The phrase “you are what you eat” is a common refrain among most people. I am sure that each of us has heard such wisdom directed our way by someone (parent, grandparent, teacher, coach) who felt that they knew better than you did. American youth, regardless of the generation ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2010 in New York City, 601,285 people were stopped-and-frisked by the New York City Police and 315,083 of them were Black. In 2011, 685,724 individuals were stopped and 350,743 were Black. Over 90 percent of those stopped by police where African American or Hispanic. Michael Bloomberg was Mayor ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The facts are coming out before our eyes, and by Trump‘s own staff no less. It has become increasingly clear that Trump is at best a Russian stooge, and at worst a full blown Russian agent, and due to the conservative penchant for bigotry, self-service and greed, the Republican ...