By Randall RobertsYou don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'
When Latino pop stars or big-money actors get a phone call from Olathe, Kansas, they don't disregard the fly-over-country area code. David Chavez and Sarah Ruiz were born and raised in Topeka, but they've built a Midwest company that runs with the Los Angeles and New York City elite in booking top talent. This weekend, with a little help from Jennifer Lopez, they'll be in charge of welcoming a new president to Washington, D.C.
