With every TV team that packs up and leaves, slowly but surely, Michael Brown and the questions he raised while dying on Canfield Drive are in the process of being tucked away in the attic of the American conscience.
Jon Stewart leaves his "Daily Show" on Comedy Central. What a loss. Stewart provided a counter-image of the United States to the world using political satire.
As the demonstrations against racism and police violence wind down, the discussions remain. The media must ask itself whether it helped fuel the violence.
The situation in Iraq highlights Obama's dilemma: In his foreign policy, he often acts with one eye on U.S. domestic policy, and can be alarmingly passive and indecisive.