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(ThyBlackMan.com) When Rep. James Clyburn recently warned that America risks sliding backward toward the post-Reconstruction era, many heard the words but failed to grasp the horror behind them. They should. The soft-spoken South Carolina congressman is not given to exaggeration. When Clyburn invokes the specter of post-Reconstruction America, he is not quoting  a distant chapter in a textbook. He is warning of a period so brutal, so morally disfiguring, that […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about James Cleveland’s voice that feels like home. Maybe it’s the way he blends sermon with song, or maybe it’s the unshakable honesty in every word he sings. For me—and for so many others—his music isn’t just gospel; it’s therapy, it’s church, it’s family, it’s healing. This is the third time I’ve had the honor of writing about his work, and truth be told, it still doesn’t […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) When President Donald Trump appointed an obviously unqualified friend, a home builder executive, to be acting director of national intelligence, he inadvertently triggered attention to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The director of national intelligence is the head of the umbrella agency that gathers intelligence from the 17 federal spying agencies and from that data prepares and delivers the president’s daily briefing. Sec. 702, which permits […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand was often accused of inventing cartoonish villains. Rogues like Ellsworth Toohey in “The Fountainhead” would scheme to seize the global economy’s commanding heights in pursuit of a distorted sense of justice. But the people who hold such ideas don’t just appear in cartoons or in Rand’s novels. Enter Thomas Piketty and company. In early June, Piketty — the French economist whose work on inequality […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Knicks did not just win Game 4. They survived it, stole it, dragged it out of the fire, and turned Madison Square Garden into a place that felt like old ghosts were finally being chased out of the building. A 107 to 106 win over the San Antonio Spurs sounds close on paper, but that final score does not fully explain what happened. This was not […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The thirst for Soccer (as it is known in the U.S.), futbol as it is known nearly everywhere else, has increased to a very high level as the FIFA World Cup 2026 has arrived. This version of the World Cup seems as wide scale as ever with 104 matches across 16 host cities and venues. Soccer is known as “the beautiful game” and it is still undisputedly the most […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the more revealing political developments of recent years has been the Democratic Party’s growing concern about its declining support among male voters. After years of watching men drift toward the political right, many Democrats have begun asking a simple question: Why are men leaving? The answer may be simpler than party strategists would like to admit. For many men, politics is not merely about policy preferences. It […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) June 27 is coming up, the date of the 2024 debate when America watched Joe Biden tank the election to Donald Trump. Remember? It would be hard to forget Democrats’ pain when we saw a ghostly Biden self-destruct and grope for words. Jill Biden tried to pretend otherwise, but the damage was done. America is still paying dearly for the June 27 debacle. The Trump demolition tour for his […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, I had the chance to attend my alma mater’s 45th reunion. Besides the reminder of how old I have gotten, or how stiff my knees are, it was an enjoyable and memorable trip down memory lane. As with most college reunions, the university did not miss the opportunity to solicit donations from its graduates — giving that helps maintain the “margin of excellence,” as its marketing materials […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a refrain which down through the years has been uttered by many. It underscored a belief, a hope, that the tough, unnerving, difficult  period that they were in would in time pass.  “This too shall pass.”  Usually in one form or another it did. Many Americans and others have been compelled especially over the last year and a half to utter in faith and hope that the […]