Today is the designated national holiday, declared and lead by proponents of Black Liberation Theology; today all black Americans are not suppose to even talk to white people. Are Barack and Michelle on the campaign trail today, or just taking the day off for a simple rest, after all it is a Saturday.

It will be an interesting day.

... otherwise he wouldn't be starting a media tour right about now:

Reverend Jermiah Wright appears today in his first televised interview since the row over a sermon in which he said Americans bore some responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.

In early partial transcripts of the interview, Wright defended that sermon as well as others in which he accuses the US government of deliberately spreading HIV.

Over at The Corner, David Freddoso seems amused by a London Times article suggesting that America is "too racist" to elect Barack Obama for president. But since 8 percent of Americans seem OK with telling pollsters they'd rather not vote for a black man, it's a fair question to raise.

A reader sends a private message about my blog on "white guilt." I share it in its entirety, along with some of my own thoughts:

I don't praise white guilt at all. As a matter of fact, I don't feel guilty what so ever. First of all, there is no one left alive that had anything to do with black slavery.

I come here to praise white guilt.

White guilt -- over the sins of slavery and Jim Crow in this country -- does not have the best reputation. Among conservatives, the phrase is used sneeringly; among liberals, it's often used with self-knowing irony. Which is too bad, because I believe that white guilt is actually quite useful.

I've made this argument before, but in the wake of Barack Obama's big speech, it's worth bringing up again.