In looking back on his soon-to-be-over tenure as Attorney General, Eric Holder has “only praise for [Barack] Obama, disputing the claims of some African-American leaders that the first black president hasn’t really delivered for the black community: “You know, very often, empty barrels make the most noise.  And I think there are any number of measures by which you can say this presidency has been successful in a whole variety of ways, and especially when it comes to people of color.” This presidency has, by “any number of measures,” been “successful?”  That’s a pretty vague and useless assertion.  Let us instead invert the approach.  How “successful” has Obama’s presidency been by a “measure of any numbers,” especially when it comes to people of color? First, let us begin by saying that any official data citing reductions in unemployment rates are corrupted by one simple and...(Read Full Post)