Hang in There

The article is talking about the ban on items hanging in your rear view mirror, and how they are trying to loosen the law to allow small objects like air fresheners and rosaries.

"I call it a 'gotcha' law. It's an excuse to pull someone over." I like this quote in the article because it is just stating exactly what this law is, a reason to pull someone over. Most things people hang from their mirrors are not as big as they used to be, like the fuzzy dices, but instead they are small things like tassels and necklaces.

This law is a good law to have and should be enforced, but only should be enforced on large objects that actually will obstruct the drivers view. The vanilla air freshners should be allowed to slide, but the next time there is someone on the side of the road being pulled over, look and see if there was something big hanging from their mirror.

Albom's point is that the problem with the question "Do you think there's a role that race plays in this?"(when speaking about his criticism toward how he handled being a free agent) is that if anyone, black, white, asian, etc. would have gone around and did the same thing Lebron did, they would have gotten the same criticism regardless of race.
I agree with Albom, that Lebron shouldn't use his race as a crutch to explain why he had an hour press-conference to not specifically state what team he wanted to play for. I agree becuase it isn't right for someone to reenforce his ego by showboating himself on national television to announce what team he will be playing for.
I think the most effective point in this paper is brought about when he tells his story of Leo, who has the same background of Lebron, just he isn't black. He states that even though he isn't black, his ego his huge and he gets the same criticism the Lebron got.