Our Lecturer-in-Chief demands we do as he says, not as he does. During his University of Michigan commencement address, Barack Obama assumed the professorial role and began lecturing Americans on how to behave: "Now, the second way to keep our democracy healthy is to maintain a basic level of civility in our public debate. . But we can't expect to solve our problems if all we do is tear each other down. You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it."
While the idea of a civil debate is certainly appealing, Barack Obama has...












Obama: Civility for Thee, but Not for Me