Guess I can't complain too much, but...

Barack Obama's speech last night to accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States and to lay out his goals for his administration was almost everything that I could have expected. It was inspiring, emotional, challenging, historic, and I can go on and on. So should I be concerned that the greatest killer of people of African descent in history wasn't mentioned? Am I being nick-picky? Just because George Bush has made it a priority, should I have expected Barack to follow suit? After all, there are many other important issues that we face, as a country. Maybe I am biased, but I just feel that HIV/AIDS is one of them. I hope and pray that he makes it a priority of his administration after he gets elected.

Time for Barack to step up!

With all of the hoopla surrounding Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech and taking into consideration how many troubling issues are plaguing this country, I can't help wondering: Will HIV make the cut? I recently read an article in Newsweek about "What Bush Got Right." One of the (few) things that he has received almost universal accolades for has been his leadership in funding HIV treatment in other countries. Bush made HIV one of his priorities in his administration. Can we expect Barack to do less? Stay tuned.