bvjns#$%-whatever,

Methinks you assume that Wretchard is speaking of ones innate abilities. I think he was speaking of ones environment and the opportunities that each provide.

Maybe a bit of a tangent on why hasn’t Obama taken his luck and passed it along to his African sibling? – as most of true African tribal families do.

My point here is that Obama is NOT African, he’s a product of American culture, opportunity (with the ability to “work with what he has” – as you put it) and structure. His step-brother has none of this “structure” to aid him. It does NOT, in my opinion, make him lower in “genetic characteristics” than his lucky step-brother.