Racial Inequality Has Gotten Worse In The

Often, The Pretexts For Starting A War Are Not Real Shortages Of Land, Food Or Fuel, But Rather Perceptions - Like Fear, Honor And Perceived Self-interest.

For All The Criticism About Warlords, It Is Now Likely That Afghanistan Will Never Again Be Turned Over To Al Qaeda To Train Thousands To Conduct The Type Of Murder We Saw On September 11. For All Real Problems With Ambushes And Sabotage, There Will Be No More Gassings, Mass Murdering, Invading Neighbors, Sending Guided Missiles Across Borders Or No-fly Zones In Iraq, But Rather The Hard Work Of Consensual Government - A Difficult Process Easily Caricatured, But When Completed Universally Admired.

I'm Kind Of Old-fashioned Because I Was Born And Live In The Same House For Six Generations.

If I Talk To Rural People Where I Live - Mostly Hispanic But Also Poor White - They're Not Sympathetic To The Black Lives Matter Movement.

In History, One Gathers Clues Like A Detective, Tries To Present An Honest Account Of What Most Likely Happened, And Writes A Narrative According To What We Know And, Where We Aren't Absolutely Sure, What Might Be Most Likely To Have Happened, Within The Generally Accepted Rules Of Evidence And Sources.