I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.

President Bush insisted today that he was not caving in to big-money contributors, big-time lobbyists, and overall industry pressure when he broke a campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. But the air was thick today with accusations from people who believe that's exactly what happened.

I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes.

I'm part of nobody's world except Brezhnev's.

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

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