(ThyBlackMan.com) I can publicly declare without a single reservation that Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is one of my favorite books of all-time. For those who have somehow managed to deny themselves the pleasure of Achebe’s writing, Things Fall Apart revolves around that horrific transition from independence to colonization for the eastern ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Americans should be tired of the games our government is playing with citizens as the ping pong ball. People who only see partisan positions are largely forced to stand with a party regardless of what the party does or stands for. If we scrap both political parties, the government will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The economy is doing well, crows the Pugilist-in-Chief, complaining that he doesn’t get enough credit for the things that he has done to “make America great again.” Every time a positive number is released, he brags like a banty rooster. GDP growth higher than expected? He did it. Unemployment rate down, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although the politicians in Washington may have shut down talks on criminal justice reform until after the mid-term elections, people behind bars are speaking up for themselves. From August 21st until September 9th, inmates across 17 states are engaging in work strikes, hunger strikes and sit-ins to protest conditions in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A Fox News headline read: “Black leaders express ‘profound indignation’ over Dem leaders’ failure to ‘protect’ Maxine Waters.” I submit that using “leader” to describe these people is a perverse form of oxymoron. Leaders wouldn’t support nor sit stoically silent, while the progressive’s black-baby-killing industry is responsible for the murder ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Make no mistake about it. The news from California is very big and very positive. As reported in the LA Times, “California legislator shelves bill to ban paid ‘gay conversion therapy’ for adults.” In a somewhat unprecedented move in the history of gay activism, Assemblyman Evan Low, himself gay, has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the first time in years, American workers will be celebrating Labor Day knowing that we finally have the economic wind in our sails. Despite what liberal pundits on TV might try and spin you, President Trump’s economic policies have paved the way for lower unemployment, a return of quality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are certain things about the Trump administration that never cease to amaze me. It is not just that they get their facts wrong. It is not just that they lie. What is striking is that when they get caught in a lie they either ignore the facts or they ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The world has waited much too long to find out when Americans are going to rescue our nation from the havoc we’ve witnessed just about daily since #45 and his folks have been in charge of “Making America Great Again.” We’ve agonized through 2017 and now we’re almost at the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In prior decades heroes had names like Shirley Chisholm and Jackie Robinson; now it’s anyone who dies or becomes a social media sensation. How bizarre is that? According to Webster’s Collegiate dictionary, a hero is someone who displays fortitude, boldness, and exceptional courage, in times of war or danger. Through the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recent polls and surveys are delivering, at best, mixed news for Republicans regarding the upcoming midterm elections. The good news is that prospects have turned positive for Republicans to win Senate seats currently held by Democrats in Florida, New Jersey and Wisconsin. But looking for good news in the House ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s an old cliche that the Federal Reserve likes to take away the punch bowl just when the party is getting going. That’s what President Trump suspects that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is doing now by raising interest rates at a time of a booming economy. Last week, Trump took ...