Thomas Axworthy
Opposites can attract
On Tuesday evening as a huge Chicago crowd waited for Barrack Obama to appear, the cameras panned to civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, tears streaming down his face. The next morning on CNN, former secretary of state Colin Powell also teared up as he discussed Obama's victory.
Either Jackson and Powell might have been the first African-American president and their tears symbolized the joys of justice and reconciliation as America conclusively turned the page on the historical ...
