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.

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

And as a result, I guess I'm just kind of a rubberneck. I'm kind of a - someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don't think journalists are as important as the people they cover.

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.

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

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.