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(ThyBlackMan.com) Sen. Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, was appointed to serve out her late brother’s term and was endorsed by President Donald Trump in the Republican primary for the full six-year term. Hers is a test in many respects: a test of President Trump’s reach, as well as a test of the value (or stigma) voters attach to experience versus a new face (Sen. Graham is running against Rep. […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) Darius Rucker turned 60, and something in him finally exhaled. The country singer sat down on The Dan Patrick Show recently and said out loud what plenty of us keep buried. Glancing back at his last calendar, he tallied the concerts. 110 of them. Then came a question that hit me square in the chest. What am I doing? That deserves a long pause. This is a brother who […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me talk plain for a minute. Something strange has followed Shedeur since draft night last spring, and it is getting worse instead of better. Grown folks who have never met the kid treat every rough throw like a personal wound. A missed read turns into a conspiracy. Any coach who dares make him earn a rep gets cast as the villain in a story that lives only in […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) Emotional spending rarely announces itself as an emotional decision. It often looks practical in the moment. You had a difficult day, so ordering dinner feels reasonable. You feel bored, so browsing for a new outfit seems harmless. You are disappointed, so buying something for yourself feels like a small form of comfort. A review of common budget categories can show where your money went, but categories alone cannot explain […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember the night in November 2008 when grown Black men in my circle wept without any shame at all. One of our own stood before the world as our incoming president, and a thing we had been raised to believe impossible suddenly breathed. That moment mattered. It still does. Yet somewhere down the road, something crept into our thinking. We began measuring our whole worth against one man […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Philadelphia Eagles have a notable history of Black quarterbacks for their franchise. A generation before Jalen Hurts won a Super Bowl as the starting QB, Donovan McNabb was the face of the franchise during the 2000s, and the Eagles have even had two of the most unique QB talents in both Randall Cunningham and Michael Vick. This summer, the city of Philadelphia hosted another former NFL Black quarterback, […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a moment on election night when the winner steps to the microphone and tells you, without saying it plainly, how he wants to be understood. Byron Donalds had his moment this week. He stood on that Orlando stage with his wife and three sons behind him, and he never once mentioned that a candidate built like him had never sat in the governor’s mansion up in Tallahassee. […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) Risk Is the Price of Staying in the Game A lot of people hear the phrase “spread your risk” and picture a strategy built around caution, retreat, or playing defense. But that is not really what diversification does. It does not remove uncertainty from life, investing, or even everyday money decisions. What it does is make uncertainty survivable. That distinction matters, because the goal is not to avoid every […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) Come the eleventh of August, Gary lost power, and for thousands of households the lights still had not flickered back on more than a week down the line. A derecho came barreling through Northwest Indiana that night. Winds got up near 100 miles an hour, and they snapped utility poles and dumped century old trees onto people’s roofs. Seven people died across Indiana as the storms and flooding unfolded. […]
(ThyBlackMan.com) Say the words Martha’s Vineyard to somebody who came up when I did, and watch what their mind conjures. Old money. Doctors and lawyers with summer homes handed down like heirlooms. The Obamas strolling near the water. For decades that picture held, and there was truth in it. Oak Bluffs earned its reputation as a refuge for the accomplished and the well connected, a stretch of shore where our […]
