There was a time in South Africa that people would put flaming tires around peoples' necks if they dis-sented. And in some ways the fear is that you will be necklaced here, you will have a flaming tire of lack of patriotism put around your neck. Now it is that fear that keeps journalists from asking the toughest of the tough questions... And again, I am humbled to say, I do not except myself from this criticism.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

Americans are once again looking outward

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The reelection of Bill Clinton is as secure as a double-knot tied in wet rawhide.

We may see Michael Jackson's baby before we know the final outcome of this race for the House of Representatives tonight.

From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.