Today is the 55th anniversary of the day Black seamstress Rosa Parks made history by refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a White rider and go to the back of the bus.

The latest plot against America, we're told, is smoldering in the ashes of 9/11. A Muslim organization wants to build a "community center," including a mosque, two blocks from the site of the fallen World Trade Center.

Being racist—or discriminating along racial lines—means treating people differently because of the color of their skin or race. Since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, America has made great strides towards eliminating racism in our society.

"Iraq rebel George Galloway's career as an MP ended in humiliation when he was hammered by Labour in Poplar and Limehouse.