I wanted to be a bus driver when I was a kid. I look at bus driving through the eyes of a little boy. I see it as glamorous.

I believe an invitation from the Commission on Presidential Debates is similar to a draft notice - a civic responsibility.

If you go to the ball game, you don't need to read the game story.

In my case, I was covering politics in Texas as a newspaper man in the 1960's.

There's always a germ of truth in just about everything.

If people want bells and whistles and all of that, there are bells and whistles available. If they don't want bells and whistles there are places to go where they are not available.

Best I can do for them is to give them every piece of information I can find and let them make the judgments. That's just my basic view of my function as a journalist.