I tend to digest information over an extended period of time in order to absorb knowledge with the highest efficiency. So when I have the duty to report information within hours of it being presented, not to mention writing after midnight and into the early morning, I feel like I must review it all over again with you. However, with a plane to catch, I will spray an outline for you to color-in for yourselves through further reading and research.

As a student who attended both conventions, I now have taken time to think – for myself – about the two candidates running for president, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen.John McCain.

I will specifically focus on their acceptance speeches. First off, they both accepted their party's nomination. Shocking, I know. Take note of the venue of the two speeches. Mile High Stadium in Denver drew in 85,000 individuals. A row of Greek columns behind Barack Obama stood out as a silent symbol of the White House. John...

The big news here continues to be the Hurricane, though word of Sarah Palin’s pregnant daughter is moving up the ladder. It’ll be interesting to see how this affects people’s opinions of the candidate. My guess is it won’t have any affect. We interviewed plenty of NC delegates before the news broke today. Everyone is so excited about having her on the ticket. They mentioned her toughness and her willingness to buck the party line. As the parent of a teenager, I feel for her and her family, as these young people go through this ordeal.

Tonight, take a poll with the NC delegation, to see if any opinions changed about Sarah Palin, but again, I don’t expect them to.

We all know by now that Barack (or Barry) Obama accepted the nomination to be the blue party's candidate for President. Old news. Boring.

After the confetti, 84,000 plus inspired individuals marched out of Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium ready to change the world. For many after that speech, anything seemed to be possible. Though, apparently, Democrats were so busy getting ready to tell the world what they were going to do and how it will be so much better with them in the White house, that they failed to plan an exit strategy to get out of Mile High Stadium.

I was part of a mob of thousands tearing down barriers of fence to get out of the area and get home. As this was being done, I proclaimed, "Tear down this wall!" – alluding to President Reagan's famous line when the Berlin Wall fell. We finally conquered the barriers only to find armored SWAT officers on the other side dumbfounded.

Did not Mr. Obama just say that he had a "responsible,...

Aug. 28, 1963. The summer of my 14th year. I had just returned from an extended summer vacation with my grandparents in central Alabama. My grandfather owned a general store and gas station. Sort of a “if we don’t have it you don’t need it” kind of place. It was also a gathering spot for coffee, cokes and sometimes cold-hearted conversations.

My teenaged ears heard a lot. Racist terms that still send shivers up my spine. Thoughts from the darkness of humankind that never quite made sense to me.

So, on that hot August afternoon, I watched on my parents black-and-white television set the image of a quarter-million blacks and whites gathered at the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. I was stunned to see so many blacks and whites together – and in what appeared to be harmony. Then Peter, Paul and Mary. In our small den in small-town, Tennessee I found myself singing along.

That night, my older sister,...

The Democratic National Convention drew reporters and photographers from all over the world.

To watch WRAL's Chad Flowers' interview with a German reporter, click here.