Ex-President Barack Obama emerged from his wealthy isolation the other day to provide South Africa with his colorized view of the world and to discuss the dangers of populism in some unidentified countries.
We'll have to wait more months for the bound wisdom of his memoirs that helped make him so wealthy. But Obama's lengthy speech to an adoring crowd in a chilly soccer stadium marking Nelson Mandela's centennial gives those who care a peek into the evolution of America's newest elder statesman.
After finishing eight years as president and nearly two now paying for his own housing, Obama is still not yet 57, only a year older than his predecessor when he started his two terms.
