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(ThyBlackMan.com) Sports columnists and other talking heads went into overdrive explaining why the Los Angeles Dodgers, the unquestionable best team in Major League Baseball, failed to win a third consecutive World Series. If they had advanced from the National League championship round and then beat the American League champion the Dodgers would have become the first National League team to accomplish such a feat and one of just a handful […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A company may become legally liable for an explosion accident when its negligence, unsafe work practices, defective equipment, or failure to follow applicable safety requirements causes or contributes to the incident. Liability can arise when a business ignores known hazards, fails to maintain industrial equipment, improperly stores flammable chemicals, or does not provide adequate safety training. However, an explosion alone does not automatically prove that a company was at […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Arguments over immigration can be smart or misguided, but they are always complicated. Let’s start with an annoying one. Donald Trump’s ramp-up of immigration arrests has hit the construction industry, much of whose labor force is undocumented. Employers of such workers are blaming the raids for the rising cost of housing, a hot topic at the moment. But then you hear of a builder in Jacksonville, Florida, complaining that […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It established boundaries beyond which the government may not venture, even when it invokes national security, public order, economic necessity, emergency or the will of a popular majority. Its purpose is not to make government more powerful but […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) For many African-American families, the lessons fathers pass on to sons extend far beyond practical skills and everyday responsibilities. Conversations about education, relationships, financial independence, and personal values often shape how young men approach adulthood. Yet one subject deserves just as much attention: looking after their health. Black men in America experience significant health disparities, including higher rates of certain chronic conditions and barriers to accessing appropriate healthcare. While […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A family in Ohio has worked hard and sacrificed for three generations to keep their small-town grocery store in business, serving a community they live in and love. A billionaire in California who invests some of his money in the movie industry lives in a beachside mansion in Malibu. For which of these two entrepreneurs would Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) support a tax cut? It would be the moviemaker. […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Growing up, I measured a certain kind of power by who could stroll into a room and make the whole thing bend around him. For my generation of brothers, that man was Eddie Murphy. Nobody handed him a seat at the table. Dude kicked the door clean off its hinges while the industry was still arguing over whether he even belonged in the building. Think about where this thing […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Spending winter somewhere warmer creates a practical question: what should you do about a car? Driving brings your familiar vehicle along, shipping lets you travel separately, and buying a second car means keeping transportation at both homes. Each option can work. The fairest comparison covers an entire year, including the journey south, the return north, and the months when a second vehicle might sit unused. Driving: Count More Than […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Why on earth did Ford stop making its heralded electric truck? As Americans shudder at high gasoline prices, prospective truck buyers are lining up at car lots to buy used F-150 Lightning and other electric vehicles. Ford stopped making the F-150 Lightning last December. There are several reasons American automakers pulled back from an earlier determination to enter the electric era with the rest of the world. And for […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) With the MLB season over – yes over, let’s be honest no one other than the players’ families of the three teams remaining have any interest in this year’s World Series – and a possible players’ walkout looming, now is a good time to think about making baseball relevant again. All season long the talking heads whined about how the Dodgers were destroying baseball because they were able and […]