Cal Thomas: “On Fox News Monday night, Juan Williams faulted the ‘black church’ for not doing more to rescue African-Americans from cycles of violence and poverty. While he didn’t make the connection, I will. Too many ‘reverends’ have traded eternal truths for temporal power. While not ignoring slavery and discrimination, most once preached messages about righteousness, sin and redemption, which brought changes in behavior. Too many modern ‘reverends’ have made their bed with the Democratic Party, which has delivered their people from nothing, and has mostly kept the poor mired not just in economic poverty, but a poverty of spirit. … The solution is not external, but internal. No one can respect another person’s life and property until he respects himself. And that respect comes only through a spiritual awakening, which no politician has the power to create.”