Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers, not writers. Do powder puff, not probing interviews. Stay away from controversial subjects. Kiss ass, move with the mass, and for heaven and rating's sake, don't make anybody mad- - certainly not anybody you're covering, and especially not the mayor, the governor, the senator, the president or the vice-president or anybody in a position of power. Make nice, not news.

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

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

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.

We may see Michael Jackson's baby before we know the final outcome of this race for the House of Representatives tonight.

Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?