As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.

Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole - some of it by law, a lot of it by fear and tradition. But there was no violence where I lived, and if there was hate, it was either concealed from me or I just didn't recognize it.

Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, comeback strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America.

Americans are once again looking outward

It's the American way: if you don't vote, you don't get to whine.

Writing is the rock on which everything is built.

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