51.   From television shows based on put-down humor to trash talk among sports figures to name-calling at national political conventions, the cultural atmosphere tells children to let it rip.

52.   He added that voter turnout was down as was viewership of the national political conventions and presidential debates.

53.   He has never been to a national political convention and is in no imminent danger of being invited to one.

54.   Having watched both national political conventions in August, columnist Linda Marx offers some examples of both scenarios.

55.   He continued covering political conventions long after.

56.   He said at the time that the national political conventions exclude most working Americans.

57.   If anything, the back-to-back gatherings served to illustrate just how irrelevant state political conventions have become.

58.   If you can imagine the press center at political conventions, you get the picture.

59.   In an era that celebrates technology, political conventions have proven no more immune than any other part of society in being impacted by the Internet.

60.   In addition to indirect support of candidates, soft money does things like help pay for national political conventions.