For years I thought I knew the whole story about my parent’s infamous second date. It turned out I didn’t.
An audio version of this essay was previously featured on Public Radio International and NPR’s The State We’re In.
On election night at Fox News there was one question that was asked over and over by desperate anchors, experts and reporters alike:
Why had the American people ignored the Benghazi story? Or to be more specific, why had their fellow citizens reelected this President despite sweeping coverage of a scandal that conservative media promised would end Obama’s career – if it didn’t put him behind bars first?