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(ThyBlackMan.com) This world will end, we know not when, but it will end as surely as it began. In fact, for that very reason, if no other reason was possible, it will surely end. Everything that has a beginning, has also an end. The end will come, not because science told us so. Scientists are enormously disappointing when trying to predict things of eternal significance, and they are hopelessly adrift, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A brother does not always need more weight on his shoulders. Sometimes he needs a porch, a fishing pole, a good book, and a long walk back to himself. That may sound too simple for this loud age, but simple things have saved plenty of men. A rocking chair after supper. A slow Saturday morning with no phone buzzing. Crickets talking out near the tree line. Coffee in a […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A Black father’s greatest flex is not what he owns, what he drives, or how many people praise him, but whether his children can look around and know he is still there. That may not sound flashy to folks chasing noise, but ask any grown person still healing from an empty chair at the table. Ask somebody who remembers waiting by a window for a car that never turned […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a big cry for “Tolerance” in our society and in fact across the globe today. This term is especially used and brought out to parade around when the topic of discussion turns to spiritual matters. But when I hear the word and read the funny looking bumper stickers (you know the ones that spell out the word with all kinds of religious symbols), I find myself asking […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Karmelo Anthony should have walked away. If he had, he would not have killed. He would not have been arrested and charged with first degree murder. He would not have been defended by, prosecuted by, judged by, and convicted by non-Blacks. He would certainly not be facing thirty-five years behind bars. It would have been no insult or affront to his “manhood” if he had had the discipline, smarts, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill Pulte — the housing chief with no national security experience who was President Donald Trump’s first choice for Director of National Intelligence — he was right to express concern. Pulte has no business in that job. The only reason he was appointed in the first place is […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Jay Z is one of those artists you cannot discuss in a small way. Not if you really understand hip hop. His name brings up albums, arguments, business, Brooklyn pride, grown man ambition, public mistakes, private discipline, and a catalog that still makes people stop mid conversation when the right song comes on. I have heard brothers debate him in barbershops, at cookouts, in cars, and on front porches […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The World Cup is kicking off here in the United States and for the next five weeks, a sport most Americans cannot be bothered to watch will bring the rest of the planet to our doorstep. They are already arriving. Germans, Spaniards, Egyptians, Australians, every continent but Antarctica is showing up and something is happening that ought to make us pause. Their minds are being blown away by us. […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) They are calling it a budget cut. But let’s be clear: when Congress cuts WIC, it is taking food from pregnant women, babies, toddlers, and young children. WIC is not cash welfare. It is not a giveaway. It is one of the most efficient and humane nutrition programs this country has ever created. It provides targeted food support, breastfeeding support, nutrition counseling, and health referrals to pregnant and postpartum […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Life looks very different today than it did even a decade ago. The way you shop, communicate, manage money, consume entertainment, and even learn new skills has been transformed by technology. New apps appear every day, online services continue to expand, and digital tools have become part of almost every aspect of daily life. Keeping up with these changes can sometimes feel overwhelming. But the good news is that […]