(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about a good man who brings out the best in good people and who brings out the worst in evil people. A good leader ushers light and peace into the world around him, just as a wicked leader ushers in darkness and discord. President Trump, despite all opposition ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The justice system faces a number of tough challenges and one of them is: how to ensure that defendants appear in court while allowing them to continue with their lives in the meantime. The answer is the bail bond system. It works by creating an incentive for private agents to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As our elected officials in Washington (notice I did not say leaders) bicker over any changes to our immigration system, they repeat quite often silly statements that have either no relevance to the discussion and/or are major distractions. Let’s address those ideas so that we might bring them into the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While the news media and the President’s biggest critics have understandably focused on Donald Trump’s latest controversial tweets and statements along with sketchy claims made about him by anonymous sources, he has done a shockingly good job of actual governance. In fact, if any 2016 candidate other than Trump had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (Excerpts from the book titled, “The Fix This Time” @amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M). Winning in November is not a slam dunk for Democrats. Right now, it appears Democrats can’t see the forest for the trees. When you are too close to a situation, you need to step back and get a better point ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2017, the Oxford English Dictionary officially extended the definition of the term woke to also mean “alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice”. It has become a key word in social media use and expanded into the mainstream. Over the past few years, it has become more accepted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, the mental health of the president of the United States has come into question. For varied reasons, Donald J. Trump’s mental and cognitive fitness has been put under the spotlight. The president, apparently, was so rattled by public perception that the White House doctor was summoned recently to conduct ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Given the current President I know without a doubt Oprah Winfrey can do a better job. She may not know a lot about politics, but at the very least she will be far more graceful that what we have now. She has the notoriety, the money, and could make may ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In an article this week, headlined “Lindsey Graham, the uninvited guest,”Ann Coulter asks, “Why does Lindsey Graham have a seat at the table on immigration?” The answer has to be, because Donald Trump helped to credential him. Sen. Graham was a member of the so-called “Gang of 8,” whose approach ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After every Trump outrage, we go through a similar routine. Donald Trump says or does something that most sane people believe to be over the top; he is roundly condemned; some Republicans shake their heads; masses of people ask that something be done…and then it all fades into the next ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The year leading up to his inauguration in 2017, as the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump espoused senseless, baseless and ultimately empty assertions about the state of Black Americans and our communities. “What the hell do you have to lose?” he screamed in front of a predominantly White crowd in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Breaking news: President Donald Trump uses profanity. When Trump’s apparent use of the word “s—hole” makes headlines, one cannot help but recall the analysis of the media provided by President Obama’s deputy national security adviser and foreign policy speechwriter. In discussing his perception of reporters’ ignorance of foreign affairs, Ben ...