The NAACP is wailing to the heavens in response to President Trump's refusal to attend the organization's 108th national convention in Baltimore next weekend. The NAACP is nonpartisan, the spokesmen indignantly cry.  It serves the entire community.  It has welcomed presidents to the convention for decades, including Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and somebody they call "Bush, Jr."  Even Barack Obama, though not raised in the U.S. and who could scarcely be considered an "American black," saw his way to attending the annual convention. The reason, of course, is racism.  "The President's decision ... underscores the harsh fact: we have lost – we've lost the will of the current Administration to listen to issues facing the Black community." Another paragraph follows, underlining the "racism" accusation without ever quite stating it explicitly: We fight to end racism, hatred and...(Read Full Post)