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A television host’s five little words in reference to Barack Obama — “I forgot he was black” — have exposed a contradiction in the idea of a post-racial nation.
 

On Obama’s speech, I’m puzzled by Andrew Sullivan’s response to my asking, in my previous post, “What does it matter who caused the problem [of the budget deficit]? Obama’s job is to solve it.” Andrew replies:
Let me…

The nation cannot afford the spending Democrats have enacted or the tax increases they propose, Virginia’s governor said in the GOP response to the State of the Union address.
 

The anger roiling the ranks of Congress is being wrapped in smiles and standing ovations as President Barack Obama outlines the nation’s top priorities in his first State of the Union speech.

Facing a divided Congress and a dissatisfied nation, President Barack Obama will unveil a jobs-heavy agenda in his State of the Union address Wednesday, retooling his message more than his mission.

President Barack Obama’s promised push to create jobs includes a new tax credit for small businesses that add employees –  an idea that clearly appeals to a nation struggling with a nearly 10 percent unemployment rate.
 

Jan. 22 — Ralph Silva, a strategist at Silva Research Network, talks with Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu about the impact of President Barack Obama’s proposal to limit U.S. banks’ size on the nation’s competitiveness in the world.

In politics , as long as you’re breathing you have hope — and another chance.  So, on this first anniversary of the Obama inauguration, here’s what the president and his team can do to turn things around for the administration and the nation.
 

President Barack Obama served plates of steaming hot lunches to the needy on Monday, one of several ways the nation’s first black president paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.