Gatesgate Cont'd

Sorry to use the most tired of journalistic cliches but it sounds too good not to.

In thinking about the upcoming beer that Obama will share with Crowley and Gates I want to remark that I hope both Gates and Obama supply apologies to Crowley for their heinous handling of an otherwise routine police encounter. It will be interesting if anything other than small-talk comes out of this meeting; I think that Obama would be smart to try to turn this episode into something positive. I'm sure he'll think of something.

I also wanted to provide a link to this letter written by a fellow Harvard professor to Gates. It is incredibly eloquent and sums up rather perfectly the case against Gates' hollow accusations. Please read it.