It should be fairly obvious that picking scabs seldom promotes the healing of wounds. What percentage of the U.S. population thought race relations were good in 2008? What percentage thought they were good in 2016? For the eight years of the Obama Administration, race was a constant topic of discussion. Did it improve race relations or worsen them? In 2008, very few people were claiming the police were racist, and no one was shooting policemen (black and white) because of it.  In 2008, no one was rioting over monuments to Confederate soldiers, or suggesting that the "Star-Spangled Banner" should not be sung, or that the Jefferson Memorial should be torn down because Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. How many people reading this have owned at least one slave? Unless some readers have lived in the Middle East or held an executive position in the sex trade, the answer is surely zero. How many have been a slave? Again, unless someone...(Read Full Article)