(ThyBlackMan.com) Although I have enjoyed watching movies and reading books for many years, I freely admit that I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. Artistically, I like high concept premises as much as anyone, but the rules of reality are ever-present. As we speed towards the abyss of defaulting on ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As of 11:59:59 Monday night, we entered midnight here in America. As I’m writing this particular column, it remains midnight – even though it’s early in the afternoon. I say that because over 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed as a result of the U.S. government’s shutdown. Those workers ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) So once again, in spite of all their claims of loving America and being solely dedicated to promoting the nations best interest, the GOP has found yet another pretext to hold America hostage and twist the arm of the American people in an attempt to force the nation to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When we think of the term “conservative” Republican in its most modern form, it’s typically a wealthy male with a prominent political view. To paint a more vivid picture, this male comes from a traditional Christian family, whose lineage has prominence, wealth, and exceedingly high morality and values; or ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are three horrific facts about the bunch that’s holding the nation hostage in the partial government shutdown. One is that they are either Tea Party members or affiliated with the party. Another is that they are a minority even within the minority of GOP congresspersons. The other is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2013 edition of the government shutdown shouldn’t be discussed in terms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or as many refer to now as “Obamacare.” The law has taken effect and the shutdown has done nothing to change this fact. Understand, this ideological battle is not ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The verdict was in even before the first enrollee inked their signature October 1 on a health care plan under the Affordable Care Act. The law is an unmitigated triumph for the millions of uninsured in America. The triumph is even greater for African-Americans. The checklist of pluses is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hillary Clinton is still playing coy on the one question that many incessantly ask, and that’s will she run? Her response in a recent interview to the politically tantalizing question was simply to say that she will do what’s best to advocate for the values and policies she thinks ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) God’s law is crystal clear when it demands “Thou shalt not kill.” The laws of man also declare the same. For this reason, murder – the taking of a human life through violence – carries extremely severe consequences and punishments within civilized societies. Since these things are true, how ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP House speaker John Boehner is making a strained effort to check House Republicans in their hell-bent charge against President Obama on the budget, continued government funding and their pet loathing, the Affordable Care Act. His effort is fruitless for one simple reason. The Tea Party, which backed House ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ed Asner’s explanation for Hollywood’s silence regarding Obama attacking Syria epitomizes the absurdity and danger of political correctness and identity politics. Ironically, Hollywood progressives find themselves slaves of their own emotion driven brain-dead loon-icy. Hollywood along with Democrats and the mainstream media have declared all opposition or criticism of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I am no foreign policy expert, but I am an American with a brain.  As such, I’ve curiously observed President Obama’s case for military intervention in the country of Syria.  Like anyone else, I was h**t to see the images individuals and children who’ve been harmed by chemical attacks within ...