That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.

I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism.

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.

If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game for you. Remember, the best team in baseball in any year is going to be beaten about 60 times.

The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.

Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.

It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.