The Honorable Charles Rangel

For so many years we in New York, and particularly in Harlem, have been persuaded that the reason to keep returning Mr. Rangel to office was that he would be head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the place in Congress where the money gets decided upon. BUT...

Mr. Rangel has not lived up to the expectations because of so much baggage -- a sense of entitlement at a minimum, lost of touch with the real world perhaps, corruption at the most.

Dear, Congressman: You've got some explaining to do.

AND: The next generation -- post Adam 2d, post Rangel, post Gang of Four --needs to step up. Where do we go from here? Stop the butt-kissing and state your case -- our case.