The level of overreaction in this country seems to have reached a fever pitch since the killing of nine black people in Charleston, SC by a highly disturbed young man.  First the calls for banning the Confederate flag began, followed by calls for the removal of statuary of anyone having anything to do with the Confederacy.  Louis Farrakhan has called for banning the American flag, and Malik Shabazz, the head of the New Black Panthers, has called for the killing of "slave masters."  The logical progression would seem to be that there will again be legislation introduced in Congress for reparations to be paid to black people for the enslavement of their ancestors. Let's look at reparations logically, not emotionally. The discussion in America has always centered on the descendants of American slaves feeling that they are owed reparations for their ancestors being held in slavery.  There is no doubt that slavery was and is a horrible thing. ...(Read Full Article)