In his April speech on racism, Barack Obama argued that some issues in this election "reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through." He's right. A recent New York Times/CBS News poll found that twice as many blacks as whites believe current race relations...

Ambrose Bierce once quipped that a university is "a modern school where football is taught." A quick review of the Saturday afternoon television schedule would tend to support this theory. The reality, of course, is the monetary value of a college education can be directly measured in its positive benefits...