Editor’s Note

It’s not a coincidence that I am so enthralled by the pleasures of our culture. These pleasures remind me that our cultural heroes bring out the best in our country.

Whether you agree with Project 21 or not, it’s worth paying attention for the simple reason that you’ll never read about this Black leadership network in the mainstream media.

What most Americans are thinking right now is that the real threat to our democracy is a system that has given us a pathetic and disheartening rematch between Biden and Trump.

If the truth about DEI continues to be exposed and American universities return to academic ideals, the downfall of Claudine Gay may turn out to be a historic inflection point.

What was extraordinary about MLK, and what has been lost today, is his unifying faith in the ideals of his country. King didn’t fight America’s ills by crushing the nation’s self-esteem but by doing the reverse. “You’re better than that,” he told us, and many of us listened.