Publicity photo of Dick Clark from his ABC rad...

Dick Clark from his ABC radio show. (Photo from Wikipedia)

This week, we lost a leg­end. Dick Clark, the nation’s old­est teenager, died at the age of 82 in Santa Mon­ica. A pen­guin bit a Newt. Mitt brings up an old man bites dog story, in response to a reminder of his own shaggy dog story. The President’s trip to Colom­bia is over­shad­owed by the actions of the Secret Ser­vice in advance of his arrival. And the ten­u­ous cease­fire in Syria col­lapsed, with no hope in sight for peace.

But TGIF, so you get to con­trol the dis­cus­sion. What do you want to talk about?

Don’t see an arti­cle on a par­tic­u­lar topic, but want to talk about it some­where? This is Open Mic. Talk about what­ever you want, but stay respectful.

We cre­ate a new Open Mic every week to give a clean slate, but feel free to add to this topic at any time.