TODAY'S BIG NUGGET: Fighting in the "Bad" Neighborhoods to Keep Blacks Out of the "Good" Neighborhoods

What My Dad, a Detroit Riot Cop, Might Think About Ferguson (Ron Fournier) from National Journal
"The Detroit riots were the subject of one of the last conversations I had with Dad before he got sick. We were at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum with my son, standing in front of a 1960s exhibit that included a life-sized picture of the Detroit riots. "We fought in the bad neighborhoods," Dad said, "all the while wondering whether the bad guys were burning down our homes, too."  ...  One blogger called the president "almost ridiculously tentative and even-handed"—as if it's a political crime to be fair. Even-handedness is not the hallmark of modern politics, a profession that increasingly rewards hard-headed politicians and journalists."