I realize we're supposed to bring the funny in these posts (please see the min-pin discussion below), but I want to pause and honor what has just happened. We live in a nation that once considered black people property, a nation whose revered constitution once recognized them each officially as 3/5 of a person. Tonight, for the first time in history, one of the two major political parties has named a black man its presumptive nominee for the highest office in the country. My father went to a segregated elementary school in Arksansas, and this year he can vote for a black man for President of the United States of America. I'm pretty sure that's the definition of progress. This is only a moment, though. If January 20 brings us President Obama, it's a whole new world.
