(ThyBlackMan.com) Someone recently forwarded me a picture of the Chicago team for the 2012 re-election campaign for President Barack Obama. The picture was full of enthusiastic supporters, each of them grinning from ear-to-ear. But in the midst of all this excitement about re-electing the nation’s first black president, there was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Can’t get your morning going without a cup of Joe or an energy drink? During the lunchtime slump do you haveto down a 5-hour energy shot? Well, we’ve all been guilty of it at one time or another–suffering from the caffeine crash later. Believe it or not, some people ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most young people today have studied the stories of the great civil rights struggle in this country and the heroic acts of many from all walks of life that eventually brought about change in America. While older generations may recall segregation or the disturbing days of water hoses and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For two fateful days at the end of April and the first day of May 1992, I ducked around police cordons, and barricades, cringed in fear at the cackle of police gunfire. I choked, and gagged on and was blinded by the thick, acrid smoke that at times blotted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) recently watched a video forwarded to me by political analyst Yvette Carnell. The video featured an image of a very defiant Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In his speech, Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed that it was time “to get our check,” and that our federal government (where we’ve given taxes, labor ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not all hotels can offer plush bathrobes, superb security, and immaculate cleanliness. The reality is that even five-star hotels have been found to harbor plenty of hidden mildew and germs. However, there are ways to make your home away from home not only more pleasant, but healthier and safer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The toothpaste aisle always seems to have something new in it, but toothpaste that only clean your teeth are SO old news. “Companies are trying to cash in on the buzz about how good oral hygiene can help you fend off a host of health problems, including heart disease,” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the Bible we are admonished by the apostle Paul to pray for all men, especially those in positions of authority. As a fundamentalist Christian; one who beliefs that the Bible is a divinely inspired book of principles, ideologies and truths by which we should conduct our lives; and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 333 BC, after defeating two Persian armies, Alexander inherited Egypt. Wasting little time, he marched up the Nile at the head of his warriors, as his warships floated alongside. Note how a contemporary European writer describes the scene. “There can scarcely be a European today not furnished with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From a Wall Street Journal piece on the passing of Mike Wallace, “Wallace didn’t just interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them. His weapons were many: thorough research, a cocked eyebrow, a skeptical “Come on” and a question so direct sometimes it took your ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A former professional wrestler who went by the name “Gangsta of Love” and “Sweet Sexy Sensation” has been sentenced to 32 – years in prison for having sex with women without telling them that he’d tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Andre Davis, a 29-year old man, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, David and Saul, Achilles and Agamemnon. What do these three pairs of leaders all have in common? An important lesson for the future that we can all learn by looking at the past. Will we heed the message and understand? The ancient Greeks were ...