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Barack Obama is now leader of the most influential nation on earth. Are we yet capable of dancing to his song of hope? Obama was elected by default by a desperate nation drowning in faithlessness and cynicism. He was simply the best bet for change. This bleak outlook is the chronic disease of our day. We are pessimistic about our economic and ecological futures. We distrust government officials, officers of the law, bureaucrats and the principles of big business (while we scramble to enhance our own bottom line.) We doubt the trustworthiness and ambitions of people of other colours and...

From today's Terry Neal chat: Manassas, Va.: Terry obvious [sic] Katrina has becomne a big racial issue. I am curious what your personal opinion is about it as an African American, do you think race was a factor in the poor federal response? Terry Neal: This is something I've thought about a lot. You know, I covered the Bush campaign for the Post in 1999-2000. I had at least two long, off the record conversations with Bush about racial issues. We talked on the record, of course, and they led to stories that were published in the Post. But as...