Finally

If you've watched some of the usual news sources today you've heard about Obama using the "N" word on a podcast today.  He used it deliberately, forcefully, and thoughtfully.  If you've been reading for a while you'll know I'm not a big fan.  I think he's been a major disappointment in so many ways, but especially when it comes to using his office, the bully pulpit if you will, to improve race relations in the country and lift up the black community, especially boys and men.  But I have to give credit where credit is due.  I think the podcast that he did today got people's attention.  It is making them think.  Oh, not jus the use of the "N" word, but him saying we have a ways to go.  That we still have problems and they won't be fixed overnight.  But that we have gone down the path and need to go farther.  Maybe it's not a lot, but it's something.  And I applaud him for it.

And then Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina, and a whole slew of leaders and politicians from both sides of the aisle called for taking down the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina state capital.  Good for them.  It's the right thing to do.