When he spoke to Congress this week, the President began by denouncing incidents of bigotry and intolerance. "Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish Cemeteries as well as last week's shooting in Kansas City remind us that while we may be a nation divided on politics, we are a country that stands united against hate and evil in all of its ugly forms."
"You can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, but you can't come in if your name is Ali." That's the first line of a column by Washington Post opinion writer Dana Milbank, describing the treatment given Muhammad Ali, Jr. when he returned home after a visit to Jamaica. Is the President's rhetoric unleashing the "worst instincts" of US border officials?