The most disturbing aspect of the news coverage about Henry Louis Gates' arrest has been the running commentary by white men about appropriate decorum for black men.

Of course, it was no surprise that blowhards like Rush Limbaugh would jump in to defend the white police officer and impugn Professor...

One month ago, the Wall Street Journal editorial board complained that President Barack Obama had ruined the economy. As evidence, they cited the decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which closed at 6763 on March 2.

"The dismaying message here is that President Obama's policies have become...

In the past few weeks, I've heard lots of Republican talking heads make some pretty damning arguments about "liberal" Democratic economic policies and Barack Obama's "wasteful" spending plans. The arguments may sound convincing at first blush, but the Republicans aren't offering any serious alternatives. So I did some research and...

I've had it with the Clintons.

The past few months I've tried to defend Bill and Hillary Clinton against some of the more unreasonable attacks from their critics. Just last weekend on CNN's Ballot Bowl, I defended Bill Clinton when critics accused of him of questioning Barack Obama's patriotism. The...

As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy today, it is impossible not to talk about race in the presidential campaign. After a year of dancing around the subject, the race conversation finally surfaced in the past few weeks in an unusual debate over Dr. King's legacy. But it was...