Barack
What an erudite and charming man Barack Obama is and always was. He lived and breathed humanity and democracy and probably still does. Academically, he was a shining star and completed his formal education at Harvard Law School. As you may agree, he also had great teeth. He was the 44th president of The United States, a role that he occupied with wisdom and dignity. When you compare President Obama with the 45th/47th president, the contrast is quite remarkable. The current president usually emphasises Mr Obama's middle name whenever he mentions him. Thus it is rarely simply "Barack Obama", it's "Barack Hussein Obama" as though to imply that second name is loaded with evidence of foreignness or otherness. It is an incredibly rude thing to do - the sort of thing you expect adolescent bully boys to say. The name "Hussein" was given to baby Barack by his father who had converted to Islam some years before the birth. By the way, there are around...