(ThyBlackMan.com) The announcement of rapper Lil Nas X’s limited edition, Satan Sneakers, has created a media firestorm, which was the most obvious goal of the campaign. After all, how much money can be made from a run of 666 sneakers, all allegedly featuring a drop of human blood? Yet there are practical ...
(Akiit.com) Ever since New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo bathed in praise for his daily briefings during the COVID-19 crisis, the right has tried to cut him down to size. That was understandable. But in the context of New York’s Democratic-dominated politics, the right hardly matters. It’s the left that sees ...
(Akiit.com) Once again, Democrats are attempting to use media hype about a single incident in Boulder, Colorado, to justify curbing the ownership and use of guns. The FBI was aware of the shooter long before the incident and did nothing. If liberals really wanted to stop that type of mass ...
(Akiit.com) Politicians betray their campaign promises all the time. So, it’s no surprise to see President Joe Biden go back on his word that, in spite of his plan to significantly hike taxes to pay for a portion of a massive increase in spending, nobody earning less than $400,000 annually ...
(Akiit.com) A couple of years ago, I gave a speech before a conservative, predominantly white audience. I couldn’t help but notice a tall, heavyset Black man, arms folded, standing in the back. From time to time, I would look at him, only to see him frown and shake his head, ...
(Akiit.com) The recent murder of eight people in North Georgia, six of them Asian American women, has brought national attention to the increasing violence and hatred suffered by Asian Americans in this country, and to the continuing reality of violence against women. Hate crimes against Asian Americans were up a ...
(Akiit.com) In early March, President Joe Biden met with a group of seven historians in the East Room of the White House. One topic of conversation: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal. “He’d like to be [FDR],” Axios’ Mike Allen reported in an inside account of the meeting. “Biden’s ...
(Akiit.com) Did you take the SATs to try to get into college? Your kids may not have to. More than 1,300 schools have become “test optional,” meaning students need not submit SAT scores. Some, like the entire University of California system, now won’t even look at scores. There are seemingly legitimate reasons to oppose ...
(Akiit.com) If there is one thing that we have all learnt as a result over the past 12 months, it is that we need to put our health first. Yes, we can never predict what is going to be around the corner. Yes, some people can be healthy and fall ...
(Akiit.com) Now that the über-left are in control of this nation, Americans – including leftists – are beginning to see what’s in store for us. The result is massive voter remorse for many people who voted for Biden for no other reason than to stick it to Trump. The radical ...
(Akiit.com) The debate over cancel culture centers around how the Democratic Party, “woke” activists and politically correct “social justice warriors” expel people from social acceptability or force them into joblessness because something they said or did provoked an online mob. But Republicans have been canceling people for much longer. I ...
(Akiit.com) I am not an outdoors-person, but I am naturally curious and pay attention to my surroundings. Being observant satisfies my curiosities and affords me better understanding of how we creatures behave and interact. In my youth, I can remember going outside and seeing numerous shiny lines in the garden, on ...