(ThyBlackMan.com) On June 1st Kathy Hochul (D-NY) was sworn in as the newest member of Congress. She won her seat in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Republican Chris Lee in New York’s 26th District, pulling off what many consider to be the biggest political upset since ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Somewhere in a U.S. prison today, a young Black man sits behind bars counting down the years, months and days till he sees freedom. After spending the better part of his adolescence locked away for cocaine distribution, he has become hardened and likely more dangerous while his White cellmate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Meet the next target of the “all-regulation-is-bad” crowd: school lunches. Our children face a devastating obesity crisis — and yet some Washington lawmakers are calling even the most commonsense moves to ensure them a healthier diet a “classic nanny-state overreach.” Really? Let’s look at what these simple, straightforward federal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have worked around 3 Republican presidents (Reagan, Bush, and Bush) and I can tell you for certain that one sure-fire way of learning a president’s priorities, is by who he agrees to spend time with (as in meetings). A president’s time is scheduled to the nth degree. So, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He may not yet have the name recognition of Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney, but pizza magnate Herman Cain has something others in the Republican presidential field do not _ his race, and escalating buzz. Cain, an African-American entrepreneur with an impressive corporate resume, has come out of nowhere ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week was the 70th birthday of Bob Dylan, a.k.a. Bobby Zimmerman. His lyrics to “Blowin’ in The Wind,” like those from the Civil Rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,” were the signature cultural statements of the Peace and Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s… How many years can some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Following Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s speech before the U.S. Congress, it was clear that there will be no peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians. And maybe that’s not such a bad thing, to know where things really stand. In reality, the die was cast when the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If Ronald Reagan was known as the actor who became a president, then perhaps Barack Obama should become known as the president who became an actor. For every facial movement evinced, every gesture of the hand, every word enunciated by the 44th president turns out to be a complete ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sarah Palin has no chance at winning the presidency. And that’s what makes Palin’s incessant presidential scam intriguing and amusing. It’s intriguing because she gets away with, and amusing because most in the media and the GOP know it’s a scam but go along with it for sheer thrill, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The fear of the sellout is rampant among many ethnic and racial groups in the United States and Canada. When members of these communities enter positions of privilege, they indeed become objects of pride and admiration, but these feelings are often accompanied by a nervous uncertainty as to whether ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the first presidential election since the tea party’s emergence, Republican candidates are drifting rightward on a range of issues, even though more centrist stands might play well in the 2012 general election. On energy, taxes, health care and other topics, the top candidates hold positions that are more ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ding dong the witch is dead. Shot in the head and buried at sea so that he will not be enshrined in any living act or memorial. Some folks still have questions. Some folk say that we shot an unarmed man. My response to them is that no one ...