I think the feature reporter often walks a very thin line between a truly human story and one that slops over into mushiness or sentimentality.

I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits.

If there are bleachers in heaven and a warm sun, that's where you'll find Bill Veeck.

Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.

When I worked in Los Angeles covering hard news, very often when something important would happen I'd be off in the woods covering something unimportant, which was more interesting to me.

Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.

I remember being in the public library and my jaw just aching as I looked around at all those books I wanted to read. There just wasn't time enough to read everything I wanted to read.