Obama's Insecure SlipBy Tina Brown
What led the president to wade into L’Affaire Gates? He thought he’d blown it with America on health care.
Obama Steps In ItBy Stanley Crouch
Henry Louis Gates’ arrest had nothing to do with America’s racist past. But why did Barack Obama go off half-cocked about it?
Give Obama a BreakBy Stephen Carter
Yale Professor Stephen L. Carter says that the furor over President Obama’s comments conveniently ignores the history of relations between black men and police in this country.
The Coverup Is Worse Than the CrimeBy Marcia Clark
The former O.J. Simpson prosecutor says that’s sometimes police need to make an arrest just to prove they didn’t do anything wrong.
Gates' Appalling EntitlementBy Edward Hayes
This controversy shouldn’t be about race. It’s about class, and it’s Henry Louis Gates Jr. who is in the wrong.
The Wrong CaseBy Conor Friedersdorf
If Obama is going to wade into the national dialogue on race and criminal justice, he should forget about Skip Gates.
Gates' Historical BaggageBy Mansfield Frazier
Professor Gates’ overreaction was not because of his temperament. It is the consequence of centuries of abuse of blacks by those who hold power over them.
Gates OverreactedBy Wendy Murphy
Wendy Murphy, who is representing the woman who called the cops on Henry Louis Gates, says the professor erred by assuming Sgt. Crowley was discriminating against him.
What a Cop Is Supposed to DoBy John Connolly
A former New York City detective says that Sgt. James Crowley violated the oldest rule in the book: he lost his cool.
My Daddy, the JailbirdBy Elizabeth Gates
In Wednesday's press conference, President Obama called the Cambridge Police Department "stupid" for arresting Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Daughter Elizabeth Gates interviews her dad about what happened to him in jail, how this affects whites too, and why she shouldn’t give up on America yet.
Obama’s New Reverend WrightBy Adam Hanft
He may not be as controversial as Jeremiah Wright, but Skip Gates has become Obama’s latest racially polarizing friend. Adam Hanft rereads Professor Gates’ analysis of the Wright controversy through the lens of the professor’s arrest.
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