Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

What is blackness? Is it the way you talk? Do you got to say, 'Dey this, dey dat.' Or the way you dress? Or is it the forgiving of certain things? What is black enough?

Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service.

Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.

Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.

There will be those who will tell you that you can't make it because of how you look, because of the way you talk. We all have heard that - I almost listened.