Three Views of the Obama Speech from the American Thinker

Obama's Coming-Out SpeechLee CaryThe candidacy of the man some have said transcends race turns out, after all, to be all about race. The light that forms his world view is refracted through a prism that splits into two colors -- black and white. More

Put aside his explanation of the Jeremiah Wright matter. It gave him an opportunity to profile his mission. Only by a tortured logic do his statements about Wright align. He didn't know what Wright was preaching; then he did. Wright's comments were divisive and offered a "profoundly distorted view of this country," but he was speaking to issues of race "that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now." It's a rhetorical rat's maze with no cheese at the end -- as conflicted as the man himself.

It's Time to Call the Democrats on Race DemagogyJames LewisDemocrats have protected, excused, and enabled race demagogues. Why not denounce all racial hatred, no matter what the source? More

Wright's church is a power in the Chicago black community not in spite of its few racist flaws, but because racism appeals to an aching need for self-esteem among some blacks. Blaming bad conditions on others is a cheap way to feel better about oneself. That's why racism worked for the Nazis, and why it worked for poor Southern whites after the Civil War. But it's toxic to our social fabric.

The Real Agenda of Black Liberation TheologyJeffrey SchmidtNow, suddenly, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is misunderstood. Suddenly, so-called black liberation theology is misunderstood. More

For the left, black liberation theology makes for close to a perfect faith. It is a political creed larded with religion. It serves not to reconcile and unite blacks with the larger cultural, but to keep them separate. Here, again, The Washington Post reports that "He [Wright] translated the Bible into lessons about...the misguided pursuit of ‘middle-classness.'"