(ThyBlackMan.com) The day has come when you realize that your child is growing up.  Your baby is no longer a baby.  They are maturing and coming into their own.  They are also asking questions that you may or may not be prepared to discuss.  The discussion I am speaking of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, I spent some time on the radio in New York debating Karen Hunter from MSNBC about the legitimacy of the Presidential candidacy of Herman Cain. Cain has surged in the polls lately, making some wonder if he actually has a chance to win the Republican nomination for president. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) With the recent protest across America, one single observation that can be drawn is the level of two-faced hypocrisy evident in the elected leadership residing in Washington, D.C. The only consistent factor is the irony that both President Obama and the Tea Party Republicans were elected to implement change. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Herman Cain knew two things were certain to happen when he blathered that Racism doesn’t hold anybody back (though he added a tiny caveat “in a big way.” One it would get the media tongues wagging furiously. The second is that it would increase the rapture of ultra conservatives for ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) October is Bullying Prevention Month; the increase of bullying in schools, communities, neighborhoods, and even churches has continued to show how bullying is affecting lives. The growing awareness across the country even in political circles creates a mindset that Bullying is a violation of Human Rights to those being ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Make no mistake about it. This election boils down to a contest between Ron Paul and Barack Obama. None of the other Republicans is different enough, or powerful enough, to entice the country to change horses in midstream. Yes, they sound different, but would any of them end the wars ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Corporate men have made a nice run of fatherhood but their time is waning.  There is a new breed of father on the scene that deserves respect due.  I don’t mean to discredit the contribution of the former type of father whose head of household status was reinforced by ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Is Herman Cain for REAL?” ( Is the sky blue?) This is the idiotic question MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell asked in his promo for his leftist interview with Herman Cain. Why wouldn’t Herman Cain be for real? Herman Cain is really running for the presidency of the United States ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Is it hard to get off the couch and get moving?  Do you get ready to start the day and wish you could be under the covers of your bed instead?  It can be hard to figure out what is happening, because lack of energy and enthusiasm can be ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The vast majority of people know that racism is wrong, and despite recent claims here in the United States that we have entered into a post racial society due to the election of Barack Obama as the first black President, racism still persists, is felt and affects the day-to-day ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In life, there are some people that simply speak of progress, and then there are the select few that not only practice what they preach, but truly sacrifice personal gain and dedicate their entire being to the cause of justice. The late Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was one of those ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Tattoos are an ever increasingly visible form of artistic expression in the African-American community.  Two of African-America’s cultural pillars are its love for sports and its love for music.  African-American culture is a unique hodgepodge of its African and American components.  On one hand, Africa’s history of extreme body ...