Maybe we're all a little too desperate these days for a simple formula to explain how our safe world came unhinged. That, as much as anything, may explain one of the more enduring conspiracy theories of the moment, the notion that we are about to send a quarter of a million American soldiers to war for the sake of Israel.

One of the most important disciplines in journalism is to challenge your working premises.

You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.

Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want.

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.

I do care if religious doctrine becomes an excuse to exclude my fellow citizens from the rights and protections our country promises.

Choosing my favorite moment in journalism would be like picking a favorite among my children. I can't pick one favorite.