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The Current | Nov 8, 2012 | 1:24

Last Word: Conrad Black Reading

Because the US election was so close, nearly half of American voters are unhappy about Tuesday's results. Former media baron Conrad Black didn't vote of course, but he's still plenty fed up. In a blog post for the Huffington Post, Black calls the election one of the most unsatisfactory in U.S. history. For today's Last word, here's five-year old Mitchell Cait-Goldenthal, reading from the works of Baron Black of Crossharbour.

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