Episode IV: Fashionable and Functional

I swear if I hear that term one more time I might snap. Tony Cerise probably says it 76 times every session.
In other news, I would easily say that today has been the best day of the trip thus far. The morning session was amazing with Dana Palmero (Pres. Bush’s press secretary), Clarence Page, and the amazing Ted Koppel.
Dana was a very good speaker, though quite biased towards republicans. I shouldn’t complain sicne most of the other presenters have been decidedly liberal, but some of the blind faith in some of President Bush’s policies, that even the most objective observer would say failed, was quite hard to swallow.
I found Ted Koppel’s talk to be excellent. Some found it boring, but I was not expecting a high-energy upbeat discussion, so I suppose I had a slight advantage. He was extreme fair in his answers, and very knowledgeable in every regard.
Next, Clarence Page gave a very colorful talk about race relations in the United States, and its effect in the media. He was very entertaining, and very intelligent.
In the afternoon we visited the Algerian embassy, and got to talk to the ambassador. It was AWESOME. He was extremely intelligent, and did not shy away from any questions, even if the answer was…how you might say controversial. At the end we got pictured with him and ended our engagements for the day with me feeling very fullfilled.