Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

I especially appreciated hearing the President [Barack Obama] affirm that "black lives matter" and that it means that some citizens are feeling more pain, and experiencing more negative effects than others, and he offered up the stats. He also indicated that black lives matter does not negate the fact that blue lives matter. He ably walked the tightrope, here, between affirming both black life and police life.

I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.

Interesting statistic: In every economic recovery until 1982, working people captured more than 80 percent of the value of the recovery. Since 1982, the top 10 percent has captured 90 percent of the value of the economic recovery.

The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer.

African-Americans have rarely been the beneficiaries of Presidential rhetorical excess.

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.