Nigeria: President Jonathan's Independence Day speech

Here is another chance to listen to President Goodluck Jonathan's Independence Day speech in case you missed the live broadcast.

Fear Of A Black President

The Atlantic:

As a candidate, Barack Obama said we needed to reckon with race and with America's original sin, slavery. But as our first black president, he has avoided mention of race almost entirely. In having to be "twice as good" and "half as black," Obama reveals the false promise and double standard of integration.

Romney says Obama 'just trying to hang onto power'

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney

WASHINGTON—Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney said U.S. President Barack Obama is running a campaign driven by “division and attack and hatred” and called on him Wednesday to lift the tone of political discourse.

In a close and increasingly acrimonious race, Romney went on national television to say he thinks Obama is “running just to hang onto power, and I think he would do anything in his power” to remain in office.

They were some of Romney’s harshest words yet against the president. He was interviewed on “CBS This Morning” from the battleground state of Ohio, one of less than 10 key states that will help decide the November election. Obama campaign spokesman Jennifer Psaki said Romney’s comments seemed “unhinged.”

Obama: Such evil is senseless

At a campaign event in Florida, President Obama comments on the deadly movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado.