President Casts Vision for Brighter Future

Before a mostly adoring crowd of about 3500 at the University of Texas at Austin, President Barack Obama gave a short, spirited address that touted his administration's commitment to education and to addressing the most common travails faced by college students. Burnt orange festooned the auditorium at Gregory Gym as the president took the opportunity to show off his unique touch with one of his core constituencies - young people. "When I look at the faces of America's young men and women, I see America's future," Obama said at one point during the Aug. 9 speech. "And it reaffirms my sense, my ...

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America: Still Talking About Race

According to the website CNN.com, some of the criticism of first lady Michelle Obama is driven by partisan politics. However, “others say the attacks are rooted in White resentment of the “uppity Negro.” Two things quickly come to mind. The first is that no one other than Harry Reid uses the word “Negro” anymore. Second, that it is the 21st century and yet there are those who continue to talk about race as if it were 1955. Last February, in a speech to honor Black History Month, Attorney General Eric Holder remarked that Americans of all colors should stop avoiding an ...