Obama's Speech on Terrorist Threat Is a Plea for Patience and National Unity

Because when we travel down that road, we lose," Obama said in his speech. "That kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like ISIL. Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our co-workers, our sports

Because when we travel down that road, we lose," Obama said in his speech. "That kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like ISIL. Muslim Americans are our friends and our neighbors, our co-workers, our sports

The reviews are in after President Barack Obama's speech to the American people yesterday: It was weak-sauce, it was a yawner, he didn't change anything! American pundits seeking emotional satisfaction aren't used to seeing citizens treated like adults

At the core of Barack Obama's terrorism speech on Sunday night lay a contradiction. He gave the address to convince an increasingly fearful nation that he takes the terrorist threat seriously. But he doesn't, at least not in the way his political

So keeping terror in perspective, as President Obama has done, is important. As is keeping in perspective the other very real threats to Americans' security. After all, during the same period of nearly a decade and a half since 9/11, this country has