Obama’s courtesy should inspire humility in leaders

Every once in while, I reject the temptation to write on emotionless political and economic issues and look for the light and inspiring in mundane human behaviour. Life is serious enough as it is anyway.

This week, my inspiration emanated from the heavily re-tweeted image of President Obama waiting for and then shielding two of his female staffers Valerie Jarret and Anita Breckenridge from the rain while exiting Marine One.