And after about two years, I realized that creative writing was not going to help you ace those biological tests. So I switched over to journalism. I didn't graduate with honors, but I did graduate on time and with some doing.

Talk about threats to national security -- how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?

When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, 'Putt for one hundred dollars'.

Good policy always trumps bad public relations and the best PR can't trump bad policy.

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up.

It's no longer just reporting the headlines of the day, but trying to put the headlines into some context and to add some perspective into what they mean.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.