Since the Olympics are over, and August otherwise is so bereft of news that New York magazine declared it "National Slow News Day Month," our only shared cultural event this week is the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Next week, it will be the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn.)

If you're looking for some insight that's a little different than the saturation coverage on CNN and MSNBC, here are a few sites to check out:

• For blow-by-blow details of what the Utah delegation is up to, check out the Utah Amicus blog. It's a great reminder that there actually are Democrats in Utah. (Here's hoping the Utah Highway Patrol will let them back into the state when they try to cross back over the Colorado state line.)
• The Salt Lake Tribune's sister paper, The Denver Post, is covering the living hell out of the convention in their backyard. They're keeping an exceptionally good eye on the social scene and the celebrities in town (such as this roundup).
• The funniest and freshest post-game analysis of the convention is the "DNC Vlog Except That We Hate The Word Vlog" on The Huffington Post. Two of the Post's bloggers, Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNicol, are rooming with Time.com writer (and Wonkette founder) Ana Marie Cox - and the three of them give from-the-hip, pre-morning-coffee takes on the previous night's action.

Labels: Barack Obama, politics