And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.
Journalism is less addictive than communism.
From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.
When the going gets weird, anchormen punt.
I know that this story is true.
The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.