Gospel

(ThyBlackMan.com) Several things have taken place over the past week that shore up the importance of understanding what has truly made the United States of America the most prosperous country in human history. First, we have the foreigners visiting the U.S. to cheer on their teams in this year’s World Cup soccer championship. As I wrote last week, it’s been heartwarming to see how much these people love America, and […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, nearly every elite men’s tennis player skipped one of London’s marquee tournaments. Only one of the world’s top 10 showed up at Queen’s Club, the traditional Wimbledon warmup; stars including Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton were playing 300 miles away in Halle, Germany. A culprit was likely Britain’s tax code, which doesn’t stop at taxing prize money earned on British soil. It also […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Since its inception, the government of the United States has inexorably exceeded its powers under the Constitution. All three branches have been complicit in a consistent pattern of constitutional indifference. Congress has regulated in areas of governance nowhere articulated in the Constitution. Its general regulatory powers were granted to address interstate commerce, but during the FDR years, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress can regulate events that affect interstate […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The LAPD slaying of family pet dog, Jameson, following the New York Knicks NBA championship win touched off a flurry of anger and indignation. The issue was of course the slaying of a pet that an LAPD body cam video decisively showed posed no threat to the officers who responded to the call. That sparked even more public anger and calls for tough disciplinary action against the officers involved […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have buried friends. Sat across thick glass from men I love too, watched them grow gray under hard fluorescent light while the world kept on turning without them in it. So when I speak to you now, understand the words are coming from a heart that has already grieved more times than it should, and from eyes that have watched too many bright boys go dim before their […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act came up for a vote on the Senate floor on July 1 of last year, 50 senators voted for it, and 50 senators voted against it. Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote in that chamber — so the bill could go back to the House for a final vote. In the House, it narrowly passed 218-214. Not one […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Every few years the culture circles back to the same question, and the name sitting in the middle of it never changes. Is Drake real hip hop? Brothers argue it in barbershops, in group chats, in comment sections that turn into warzones by noon. That question refuses to die because the answer depends entirely on what you believe hip hop is supposed to be in the first place. Let […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) During President Trump’s recent state visit to China, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made reference to the “Thucydides Trap” when describing the United States and China. In political science terms, the “Thucydides Trap” essentially means that countries on the decline should learn to accept countries on the rise or risk being set on a dangerous collision course. Xi’s analogy appeared to say that China is on the rise while the […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Walk into almost any bar in Boston right now and you will hear bagpipes. Not on the speakers, actual bagpipes, carried by actual Scottish fans in kilts who have taken over the city like they were always supposed to be there. Locals have not minded one bit. They have bought rounds, learned chants and laughed at the orange traffic cones that keep turning up on the heads of the […]