It was clear from the first five minutes of the Democratic presidential candidates' debate on CNN (Oct. 13, 2015) that the debaters were sadly out of date.  It seemed we went through a time-space warp.  Social, economic, and foreign policy issues were discussed as though no laws addressing these concerns had been passed during the past 100 years. Blacks  Anderson Cooper asked the candidates if “black lives matter or all lives matter.”  No one acknowledged that black-on-black crime has skyrocketed in our cities.  No one noted that the Democrats have controlled our big cities for more than 50 years, yet poverty, the collapse of the black family, and gun violence have been escalating that entire time.  No one noted that literally trillions of dollars in federal poverty dollars have been poured into communities of color with less than glorious results.  No one noted the gains made through affirmative action or civil rights...(Read Full Post)