(ThyBlackMan.com) Mahmoud Khalil could have been cooked up in a lab to offend — no, worse — to disgust me. And yet, despite temptation, I cannot endorse what the Trump administration is doing to him. Based upon the postings of his group, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, Khalil, who was born ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My grandfather’s first cousin was Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen. This month marks the 84th anniversary of the activation of the Squadron at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois, about 120 miles southwest of Chicago. A ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The past few years saw a rich conversation in the United States surrounding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming, in the wake of the political turnover, and ensuing backlash to that turnover in society. We see irony in the phrase “the pot calling the kettle black” when leaders who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is my opinion that the Democrat party has been infiltrated by the GOP. If the Democrat social media strategists are not Republicans, then they have to be the dumbest and unaware political coterie ever created, and we are seeing David Hogg’s hilariously out-of-his-depth influence. They’ve been doing this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former U.S. Senator John McCain once said, “I’ve tried to say that I admire and respect Sen. Obama. He has accomplished great things, and he has motivated people, and so on – and he loves his country, just as I do.” In a showcase of American civility, Sen. McCain ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I go to bed at night drained from the bad news of the day brought on mainly from a man who advertises himself as King. I wake up in the morning and there’s more bad news with which he leads. Like others, I go to the store and have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s amazing how men who prided themselves on strength and toughness will submit to a gangster. In 2022, after Russian tanks rolled across an international border into Ukraine and missiles pierced the quiet of cities like Kharkiv and Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earned worldwide acclaim for his courage ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Trump and much of the GOP’s growing fixation on diversity, equity and inclusion programs — often referred to as DEI — has become a flashpoint in the nation’s politics that threatens to derail the essential project of becoming a more just and inclusive multiracial democracy. On his first ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Because I lack a degree in psychology or pathology, I cannot speculate about the motives of the 47th President who, on March 4, embarked on a tariff war with our neighbors and closest allies, Mexico and Canada. But I can emphatically say that the 475 President’s actions will hurt American ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Democrat strategist James Carville advises his party to simply wait for President Donald Trump to fail: “I’m telling the Democrats, just sit there, play possum. Let them go, let them go, let them go. Poll numbers have declined, and the collapse is already underway. … Just let the ball ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The realities of our nation are harsh, but I truly hope young people, particularly those of color, are now watching and taking note. I understand the unfortunate realities we face. Despite the historic importance of the past presidential election, the reality of apathy is very real and dangerous. We have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jeff Bezos is shaking things up at The Washington Post. The Post has always been part of the big-government, left-wing establishment part of our country. Bezos wants to change that. He wrote to the newspaper’s staff that editorial policy is going to change. “We are going to be writing ...