(ThyBlackMan.com) Is “Merry Christmas” a thing of the past, a greeting from a bygone era, a remnant of a past with which we no longer want to be associated? We might not be there yet, but if current trends continue, we’re not far off. If so, it’s a shame, a further ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Silicon Valley used to be technology companies. But it has become the “morality police,” controlling free speech on its platforms. What could go wrong? In a speech Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said: “Hate tries to make its headquarters in the digital world. At Apple, we believe that technology needs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Democrat Leader Mitch McConnell, Since your office has neglected to make an appointment for us to meet on the matter, I’m compelled to use this open letter to explain why your apparent attempt to sabotage the FIRST STEP Act is so misguided. It’s become clear that you are using your ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the death of George Herbert Walker Bush we were treated to the finest pomp and ceremony of American statecraft. And in his eulogies and remembrances, many inferences were drawn between the stark contrasts of the 41st and 45th Presidents of the United States; two sons of privilege who traveled ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 2018 has had a lot of positive black stories that wasn’t reported by the local and mainstream media outlets. I am a big fan of positive black stories especially the ones where black people risk their lives to save other black people from danger. This article talks about young and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are many factors involved in shaping a person’s values. However, I have learned that I am no outlier in regards to the construction of values. I, like most people, have several items that consistently appear on my list of priorities. Considering that I am a black man in America, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Founded upon Christian principles https://bit.ly/2kAC1uk, Americans have always eventually done the right thing – freed the slaves, gave women the right to vote and so on. While we are an extremely compassionate people, throughout our history we have made adult commonsense decisions to preserve our homeland; good stewards of God’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) News coverage of the mid-term elections focused almost exclusively on the Gubernatorial, Senate and House contests. But several other things of potential national import took place as well. For example… Did you know that in these mid-terms a Colorado referendum abolished slavery? Bet you thought that happened with the ratification ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Trump’s economic strategy consists of four elements – tax reform, trade reform, regulatory reform and energy reform. These four parts work together to boost American growth and incomes. Lower tax rates put more money in consumers’ pockets, money they will spend on goods and services in their communities. Small ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently addressed a group filled with several of my brightest former college students utilizing the following enquiry: What is voter suppression? Most weren’t emphatically sure; however, let’s address this question in real time via this article. “Voter suppression” refers to tactics implemented with the intention of preventing large groups ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many or us, like me, refer to ourselves as conservatives. And that means something – something different to almost everyone. Ask a dozen people what a conservative is, and you’ll get a dozen varied answers. This is why it’s really not proper to just call oneself a conservative. Because everything ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Admittedly, W.E.B. Du Bois did not have whites as his central focus when he prophesized that The problem of the twentieth-century will be the problem of the color line. On second thought, the greatest mind ever created by the American academy may have very well been issuing significant commentary regarding “whites” ...