Barack Obama: “Americans must lead by example and chart new paths to liberty and opportunity.”

That was fantastic. I was a little tall for it.

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

The success of this experiment was never a given.