(ThyBlackMan.com) Modern America has been hit by turbulent times. Since Donald Trump was elected at the beginning of last year, many have been the news reports that have dominated our information sources daily in relation to what once was the most powerful country on earth. While the economic crisis that started ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the major problems that we have in the Black community is a failure to recognize our own intellect. We fail to realize that having to deal with adversity from the time we wake up in the morning until the time we close our eyes at night has made ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History selects a theme for Black History Month. This year, the theme, African Americans in Times of War, is meant to commemorate the end of World War I, the war that supposedly made the world “safe for democracy”. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some people have called for a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution as a means of reining in a big-spending Congress. That’s a misguided vision, for the simple reason that in any real economic sense, as opposed to an accounting sense, the federal budget is always balanced. The value of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If history is any indication, Republicans could be in for a nasty November. The party of first-term presidents almost always loses House seats in the midterm elections — and having an especially controversial and polarizing president in the White House probably won’t help Republicans. But the GOP just might have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Reflections of a proud father: My daughter Kathryn, declared once she graduated from kindergarten, “girls can do anything dad; one day I’m gonna be a doctor!” I responded incredulously, you go girl!” I shall revisit this premise again at the close of this article. One need only look to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am an unhyphenated American who happens to be black. Leftists who hate America as founded dominate fake news media, Hollywood, public education and social media. Their mission is to bring America down from her status as the world power. This is why leftists are so repulsed by Donald Trump’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump is exposing the haters. They were on full display at the president’s first State of the Union address, or SOTU, where Congressional Black Caucus members refused to acknowledge America’s recent major wins. The useless black Democrats wouldn’t applaud as President Donald Trump highlighted the booming U.S. economy, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the wake of a recent series of anti-consumer actions taken by Mick Mulvaney, the Trump-appointed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Acting Director, a bicameral call for accountability was released on January 31. Led by Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, two other Congressional Black Caucus ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I love pro-football. From the plains of Iowa, I became a Cowboys fan. Most of my friends like the Packers, Bears, Vikings, or Chiefs, but not me. I loved those Dallas Cowboys. Why? First, Iowa doesn’t have a professional football team and secondly in the late 70s the Cowboys were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now you probably know that the 2017 Tax Act significantly limited the deduction of state and local taxes against your federal income. For most Americans — particularly ones in low-tax states or states with no income taxes — these new rules will have little effect on your life. For ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am a 69 year old proud American who happens to be black. The American Left (Democrats, Hollywood and fake news media) exploit Black History Month as an opportunity to further their lie that America is eternally racist and a hellhole for blacks. BHM should feature the truth that America ...