1) With shifts in culture/media/technology, has the path to power changed? Is there now no longer a clear cut Ben Bradlee way to power with the Internet and new ways to reach across the nation and or the world?

2) The nation went from Magiccoms and monstercoms and country coms and militarycoms in the 1960s to Anti-warcoms, ethniccoms and gynocoms in the 1970s. Are there any "coms" that are political in the same way today as the Mary Tyler Moore Show showing feminist rights or Archie Bunker commenting on social mores?

3) What is the difference between soul and funk?