Book excerpt: It didn't begin with Obama, and it certainly won't end after his time in the Oval Office has passed, but it is safe to say that his presence alone has been the catalyst behind some of the most interesting and enigmatic times we've experienced in recent American history. From deep division and political stagnancy in Washington, to heated vitriolic and sometimes unintelligible commentaries, America spasm'd its way through the first four years of the Obama Presidency. Divided We Fall is the latter half of an age old axiom which serves to remind us that we are strongest when united and weakest when fractured. Ignorant We Fail is forewarning that no one wins when society is dumbed-down. This book is a non-fiction introspective of the country's response to the first black President.