(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Milton Friedman, as one of the pre-eminent fiscal conservatives of the 20th century, was perhaps also one of the most eloquent voices in support of libertarian values as moral values. Alongside Dr. Walter Williams, Dr. Thomas Sowell, and others, Friedman opposed programs like affirmative action, minimum wage laws, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.” If eight years have passed and you are looking at the same skyline and infrastructure, surely it’s time you looked at the people you have as mayor, member of Congress and city and or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember being in 11th grade and seeing two young girls get into a fight with one another. This was no ordinary fight, since the two girls had once been inseparable. When you saw one, you saw the other. Then, for whatever reason, a boy came between the two ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a teen in the 1960s, I idolized Jim, my slightly older street smart cousin who lived in a tough area of Baltimore. Murders were common at the bar on the corner from his home. I was Jim’s nerdy naïve preacher’s kid cousin who visited from suburbia. Sleepovers at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I think of Mali, or any part of West Africa, I often say to myself, I had a ball when I was there in 1992 and 1993. At the time I was living in Owerri, in Southeastern Nigeria. And if you have ever seen the Sahel, what sticks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have always said to my closets folk that the problem with America, in particularly Black America is that we do know or understand that there is a difference from education and schooling: that there is a chasm between being educated and being schooled. Although my folk get it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) read recently that Rev. Al Sharpton and other individuals in the civil rights community are gathering this week to discuss a black agenda. I haven’t spoken to Rev. Al Sharpton for over a year now, after it became clear that he and I do not see President Barack Obama in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Want to feel better about the Republican Party’s problems in minority communities? Spend some time with the Libertarians. You won’t find a lot of black Libertarians because libertarian theory runs counter to every lesson learned by African-Americans in the real world struggle for civil rights. The long, sad decline ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Four years ago, President Obama made history by becoming the first Black president in the history of the U.S. I would like to think that even those who did not support his candidacy were proud of what the American people demonstrated—that anything is possible within our system of government. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rush Limbaugh on his radio show discussed an article which stated that there is no respected voice in the national arena articulating Conservatism. Such an advocate for Conservatism is crucial to reversing the direction of America as Obama drives us toward socialism while low-info voters gleefully sing Kumbaya in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What an inspiration the President is! We must look at his words on a human level aside from all things political! But the sad part is that many won’t because of their narrow mindedness but we who understand the vision must continue to forge forward regardless… Those were a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, we also get the wonderful opportunity to see a man with black skin starting a second term in the White House. The re-election of President Barack Obama is an extraordinary symbol of Obama’s genius, intelligence, focus ...