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DNC Session 4
Along with over 38 million people across the country and millions more around the world, I watched Barack Obama accept the nomination of the Democratic Party to head the Presidential election ticket.
Forty-eight hours have passed since the Democrats concluded their record-setting national convention at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado.
On the evening [...]

DNC Session 3
There are times when even the most hardened reporter will shed a tear when a news event touches them deeply; I was not prepared for the third session of the Democratic National Convention.
I was working on the first draft of this post when the courtesy roll call vote requested by Hillary Clinton supporters [...]

Every reporter covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week is facing the most difficult test of being a good journalist: getting the information first and getting it right. This weekend’s Vice-Presidential guessing game was a warm-up for what lies ahead.
It is extremely hard to get it first and get it right in [...]

This is a “shout out” to all of you who love her music or know her as a friend.
Jazz singer Nancy Wilson lost her husband of thirty-five years on the first of August. My husband and I have just returned from services for him in Palm Springs, CA.
Wiley Burton was a wonderful guy who was [...]