(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes a writer has to figure out what to write about because it seems that not much is happening. Everything seems to be about the same old problems, but Vice President Kamala Harris stepped up for us as soon as we began asking, “Who will go for us?” In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If Kamala Harris becomes the first woman president, her first accomplishment could well have already happened — elevating and honoring the positive side of masculinity. Tim Walz, whose politics are to the left of most Americans and certainly most swing voters, has been welcomed not as a box-checking, progressive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Throughout our history, Americans have often (though certainly not always) striven to build a wall, or at least a fence, to separate church from state. Even as a devout Christian, I recognize the potential pitfalls of too deeply intertwining the two. Additionally, formally integrating church and state would give ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is no surprise that police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attacks are now hitting the campaign trail for Vice President Kamala Harris: former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, and current Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel “Danny” Hodges testified ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In order to understand why Black people in America want Kamala Harris as president, you have to understand how the overwhelming majority of Black people vote and how they think. That is down a very deep and dark rabbit hole that we are going to jump into with both ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With one word, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz changed the public conversation: “joy.” That word stumped and trumped former President Donald Trump’s brand of rage. He looks fit to be tied in that very long red tie. When Walz joined Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate, he thanked ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On this the centennial anniversary and celebration of the coming into being of Nana James Baldwin (August 2, 1924), beloved writer and teacher of the beautiful, transformative and lie-resistant truth, we find ourselves still struggling and working our way through the awesome responsibilities of what he called the possibility ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When did politics become such fun? While Democrats will roll up our sleeves to win the November election, in the meantime our candidates are clearly having a good time with the process. Every time she strides across a stage, she beams. Her smile is an incandescence. Her wave joyful. And ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are some things we who have honorably served in our military despise. Liars and cowards are at the top of that list. And it is even worse when the two are combined. We hate it even more when there are those who dismiss such abhorrent character traits when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Preacher Andy Stanley did a whole series on the most important question we must ask in every decision we face: On the basis of your past experience, in light of the current circumstances, and with awareness of your dreams and hopes for the future, what is the wise thing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In October 2020, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ faced off in a debate against then Vice President Mike Pence. But it was more than just a pro-forma candidate debate against a pro-forma rival in Pence that Harris had to contend with. She also faced the nagging, infuriating and seemingly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This has been a year when the U.S. public has learned a lot about political prisoners. Using the definition of “political prisoner” via Encyclopedia Britannica Online, a political prisoner is “a person who is imprisoned because that person’s actions or beliefs are contrary to those of his or her ...