DeWayne Wickham: Michelle Obama warrants salute for breaking barriers

USA Today: In a few days, Time magazine will name its “Person of the Year” — something it has been doing since 1927. Today, for the first time, I’m naming my choice for “American of the Year.” Time‘s award is given annually to the person who “has done the most to influence the events of the year.” Mine goes to someone who, through deeds or inspiration, makes this nation a better place.  For a lot of people, President-elect Barack Obama would be a no-brainer for Time‘s honor. During the 80 years Time has handed out its award, most of the recipients have been national leaders in the U.S. and abroad. He is, after all, a politician unlike any this nation has seen. When Obama is sworn in on Jan. 20, he’ll become America’s first black president — a startling feat that comes four decades after the Kerner Commission warned that this nation was in danger of becoming “two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal.”  Read More.

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