So, here we are, after a week of the Republican National Convention and I didn't cover all of it. Sadly, after watching a night or two, I knew each night wouldn't be quite enough to make in and of itself without getting nitpicky, so we go with the overall. And I'm glad I waited. Clint Eastwood provided what can only be called the touchstone moment ( Read more... )

The Republican National Convention was scheduled to start Monday, but has been postponed for a day because of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Issac. The storm also disrupted plans for Vice President Joe Biden to tour Florida in a counter-programming attempt. Being that the convention is in Tampa and this is the height of hurricane season for that part of ( Read more... )

As much as politics is on everyone's screens here in the US, the USA Network decided to put on the show Political Animals. This being a political year here, the network is assuming we could all use a little fantasy outlet for all the political stuff, but still want to engage in it just a little bit. They're hoping if they get a show that's both ( Read more... )

With all the news going on with Syria, Turkey, and Egypt, one important conflict has been overlooked. Specifically, "The Troubles" of Northern Ireland achieved a landmark previously unthinkable: former IRA commander Martin McGuinness and Her Royal Highness Elizabeth II shook hands in an effort to promote peace and show an end to the fight over ( Read more... )

Are you an American voter who has not been paying attention to the partisan bickering going on about raising the debt ceiling? Well, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the possibility of defaulting on debts owed by the government in your ( Read more... )

Last week, News of the World, a popular British tabloid, closed their doors days after it was revealed they had reporters and others hack into people's voicemails and other privacy invading measures. In this specific case, agents of News of the World had broken into the voicemail of a girl who had disappeared and was killed. Her parents held out ( Read more... )

I had been doing international stuff for too long, so here comes some random, domestic crap. As anyone within ear or eyeshot of a television, computer or phone knows Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her daughter, but found guilty of lying to police on four separate occasions. For a very brief summary, Caylee Anthony was reported ( Read more... )

As everyone with any kind of media access knows, Usama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces on May 1, 2011 in his hideout/fortress in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in the northeast region of that country. As all can imagine, this has effected a lot of reactions from a lot of different people in a lot of different realms in a lot of different ways. ( Read more... )

Almost two months ago, a fruit cart vendor in Tunisia set himself on fire and in so doing lit a spark of freedom across North Africa and the Middle East. Citizens of Tunisia actually managed to depose a long time dictator in Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. After this was successful, several other countries in the region followed. Egypt, long under the ( Read more... )

On Sunday, the Steelers and Packers met on the fields of Dallas to play the greatest game in American football, the Super Bowl. The game that all 16 weeks of regular season and 4 weeks of post-season playoff play all comes down to. The Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, but unfortunately that's not the lingering story ( Read more... )