(ThyBlackMan.com) As the political landscape started to crystallize at the onset of the 2012 election, I wrote a column making a comparison to the election of 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected. My point then was that the common ground of these two elections was the fracturing of Americans’ most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the main consequences of not looking after your teeth and skipping those regular visits to the dentist is the buildup of plaque. Young children who do not yet know how to brush their teeth properly should learn by using dentist toys for kids. Plaque is not pleasant ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last July, Anthony Hervey, an outspoken black advocate for the Confederate flag, was killed in a car crash. Arlene Barnum, a surviving passenger in the vehicle, told authorities and the media that they had been forced off the road by a carload of “angry young black men” after Hervey, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) All over the United States, people are recoiling recently at vicious acts that are being committed with increasing frequency against Muslims. Girls and women wearing headscarves have been beaten on the streets. Mosques have been firebombed and desecrated. An entire school was shuttered over an art assignment asking students ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump isn’t king of the GOP hill anymore–at least not on the debate stage. Like an expert matador, Ted Cruz wasted no time goring the frontrunner bull Donald Trump. After the first commercial break of the evening, Cruz was asked to address Trump’s birther charge that he’s not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A while back, I posted this lighthearted question on Facebook after what I imagined would be a 15-minute errand turned into an hour and a half journey through a maze of tempting detours and hundreds of unhurried weekend shoppers: “Why did I think I could ‘run into Ikea right ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A bath is the most prominent feature of any bathroom, and it signifies comfort and luxury as well. Furthermore, it’s often quite an investment to have a nice bath installed, and in order for a bath to last for a long time, it needs to be maintained properly. To ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In many ways, like Job in the Bible, “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me (Job 3:25 King James Version). I was hoping against all hope that the Republican Party would do something to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For decades I have owned businesses full time and dealt with people from almost every continent on this planet. That being said, even as an African American, I have found African Americans to be the worse people to do business with overall. You may not want to hear that. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Grand finale is defined as “a very exciting or impressive ending of a performance.” Last Tuesday night, President Barack Hussein Obama gave his final State of the Union address. This was his farewell discourse to Congress: “Tonight marks the eighth year I’ve come here to report on the State ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So today a friend of mine tagged me on Facebook and asked me did I think Beyoncé has surpassed Michael Jackson during his peak era of 1982 to maybe shortly after 1992. In my opinion, I believe it depends on how much you like Beyonce or appreciate her as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A childhood friend called me upset and very concerned last week, a friend of her 13 year old son made plans to kill himself as a New Year’s resolution. On last Saturday my cousin and I spoke on a childhood friend of hers who had just committed suicide at ...