This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.

I know that this story is true.

I have tried to remain a working, cutting-edge journalist and I don't do it the way everybody else does it. And I think that's the difference.

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.