'When I think of this past year, the song in my head is: lately it occurs to me, what a long, strange trip it's been! .. Through Q&A interviews, we've also brought in experts like Deutschebank's Karen Weaver, whose predictions about the mortgage crisis proved truer than even she wanted; historian Annette Gordon-Reed (on Sally Hemings),and journalist Robin Gaby Fisher, who spent years chronicling the fire at Seton Hall University. We also weighed in as the Presidential race tightened, reporting from the Conventions and live-blogging the third debate.