Well it IS the BS section.

Post RNC I found a wonderful app for my iPad that gives me access to a huge backlog of CBC broadcasts. I'd been bummed since the local NPR station stopped airing "As it Happens" which I had been avidly listening to for years. My delight was substantial when I found, beyond that one beloved show, that Michael Enright's contributions were in other places as well!

He was in Cleveland, covering the RNC, but also exploring Cleveland way outside the convention. Hearing that lovely, intelligent, man's interviews and reactions to my home place was gratifying. Wish I could have shown him some Cleveland quirky Heights. Delving further in CBC archived shows was fascinating, and hearing educated Canadian views of American politics & the included characters had me saying Yes!! And Amen!! Multiple times. I'm hooked. there is music there. Vinyl Cafe has been a superior version of a story-and-music show than Prairie Home Companion for years. I am closer to Canada than most of the US, physically, (and likely emotionally as well).

One striking bit of political coverage was a description of racist , bigoted, nasty stances taken by a presidential nominee- the stuff we've been hearing spewed at close hand lately. What was surprising was it was a description of the candidacy of George Wallace, in the 60s. What a difference the media climate makes! Fascinating stuff.

Viva la CBC!
From the other side of Lake Erie,
Joanne