(ThyBlackMan.com) “Just the facts, ma’am.” Sergeant Joe Friday famously used that quote to great effect in the classic police television show “Dragnet.” Your President and mine – Barack Obama – began his 6th State of the Union address dropping knowledge. He just gave the facts, folks. And in my not-so-humble ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the recent terrorists attacks in Paris over a largely unknown satirical newspaper that poked fun at Islam and Mohammed, there has been a global debate over whether the world is at war with “radical” Islam. The debate has centered on whether one actually uses the word “act of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Happy New Year my fellow Americans. Getting my butt back into the gym is my New Year Resolution. I saw a guy I thought was around my age who looked fantastic, very muscular. He said he was 57; his secret was protein and creatine supplements. As I begin 2015, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A term made popular by the venerable Harold Cruse, noneconomic liberalism is a social strategy which focuses upon political empowerment without adequate attention to economic empowerment. The nascent NAACP, according to Dr. Khalid Tariq Al-Mansour, in his book, Betrayal by Any Other Name, wrote into its constitution a prohibition ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no movie critic. However, “Selma” is one of the best motion pictures I’ve seen in a long time. Have you seen it? If so, you know what I’m talking about. If not, why not? “Selma” is that rarest of films: brutally ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tuesday, January 6th marked the first day of the 114th United States Congress. By all accounts, it was a comedy of errors. An occasion which offered the Republican Party a new beginning in a new year to demonstrate a new sense of urgency towards addressing America’s simmering issues turned ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “You can make your mouth say anything, but your actions reveal your true intentions.” James Davis The premise on which this economy expanded in the last seven years is based on a United States Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) program called Quantitative Easing (QE). The central bank financed the debt of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president, trying to kill Historically Black Colleges and Universities? If he’s not, he’s going to have a difficult time convincing HBCU presidents, trustees and alumni. Surprisingly, Obama has become their worst nightmare. Neither Obama, the First Lady, the Secretary of Education ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Whoever loves money never has enough.” Ecclesiastes 5:10 I would offer that verse from the wisest man in history to our National NAACP President and Board. They sent me at least five letters in December asking for money to help meet a $100,000 goal. Are they that strapped for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) People must wonder why the United States has been so hard on Cuba for the past 55 years. The answer is simple. Led by the incomparable Fidel Castro, this small island nation took on the strongest nation on earth and, by all accounts, succeeded. Having the feared Soviet Union ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like the rest of America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off now than it was when I came into office,” said President Obama on December 19, in response to a question by Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan. What planet African Americans are doing “better ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The nation does understand that the NYPD is mourning the loss of comrades. These men had families, and their loss is tragic. The problem that I can’t seem to get over is: Why doesn’t NYPD seem to understand that the murder of Eric Garner caused mourning and anger. This ...