What Ails James Thindwa (and others)

Submitted for our consideration in the daily pundit round-up was an article titled "What Ails the Black Body Politic."  It was introduced as "addressing" what ails as though the assumption that the grievances contained within reflected actual ailment rather than an opinion that the observations within it suggest that something is actually ailing the black body politic.  If it had been an article titled "what ails progressives" then I would have thought "addressing what ails progressives" snark.  However, the tone of many recent articles, diaries and comments suggest that much of this community likely agrees that something is actually ailing the black body politic.