Good Morning, America

I woke up proud to be an American today. The election of Barack Obama was a confirmation that we are a good country with good people looking for the right way, not the easy way, to advance our society. I think the choice of Obama was not just the election of the best man but the repudiation of the snarky, snarling, snake-handling, self-dealing bullies who have run this country for the last eight years. It's so nice to look to the White House and see not the glare of hate but a glimmer of hope.

Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds a romantic thriller about blood diamonds in the Congo