President Obama just spoke to the nation about the debt ceiling and asked us each to write to our Congress persons to support a balanced approach to raising it.
Read MoreGiven the national discussion, talk-show tumult, and arm-chair refereeing we have been embroiled in as a result of the July 16, 2009 arrest of Professor Gates in his Cambridge home, America has learned, much to its dismay, that the garden gate is stuck wide open in non-post-racial America.
Read MoreThere is nothing better than seeing that those in the public eye are capable of self-correction. Arguably, that is what Tavis Smiley is doing with the tour for his latest book, Accountable: Making America As Good as its Promise.
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