Cynthia Tucker, this is your chance to tell the presidential candidates what you want to hear from them. Well, Terry, I would, first of all, disagree with something that Lee said. I am hoping that in this period of unparalleled prosperity and relative peace in the world that the candidates will take the opportunity to get out of the box just a little bit, propose some things a little bit different. And I'm hoping that the candidates will actually talk about decreasing military spending, rather than increasing it. I would love to see the candidates talk about disparities in the criminal justice system.
Criminal justice is largely a state issue.
But I think the president can certainly use his bully pulpit. I would like to see the candidates talk about the inequities that make, ensure that far more black men end up in prison than white men. I also agree that there will be a lot of conversation about values in this campaign. I hope that conversation is more about civic values, as Bob suggested, rather than personal morality. And I would like to see at least one candidate propose that, perhaps, we go to a system of required national service.