The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.

And I came away from that experience, and it was a very difficult experience - I came to understand that you have to practice at being a good father and practice at being a good husband, just as you have to practice at being a good journalist.

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

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.

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

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.