If you think you can do two full-time jobs, people will expect you to do three.

Senator [Bob] Corker has been, first of all, discreet and loyal. He has not signaled the internal mechanisms. He`s been pretty honestly saying, I wasn`t a real insider in the campaign.

Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.

You`ve got David Petraeus who, yes, did, you know, something for which he pleaded guilty.

Nobody is talking about the different - until you raised the issue.

They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.

I learned everything I ever need to know about questioning artful dodgers by covering the most artful of them all, Ronald Reagan. For Reagan, performance was as much a part of governing as understanding the details of the federal budget.