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.

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.

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

I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.

If you're in Journalism and you're looking for friends, you should get a dog.

Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.

Texas: 32 electoral votes, another of the so-called big enchiladas or if not an enchilada at least a huge taco.