We now know that a neo-conservative is an arsonist who sets the house on fire and six years later boasts that no one can put it out.

Journalism's been a continuing course in adult education for me.

In fact, so much of life, as you know, is serendipitous. That's why you better be prepared at any time for anything, because it may happen to you.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting.

Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House - as Brutus loved Caesar.

Unless you're willing to fight and refight the same battles until you go blue in the face, drive the people you work with nuts going over every detail to make certain you've got it right, and then take hit after unfair hit accusing you of bias, there's no use even trying. You have to love it, and I do. You just hope it strikes a spark somewhere in the critical mass of public opinion and helps some people to resist further the seductions of political and corporate advertising.