Rising seas create a higher baseline for future storm surges. The New York City Panel on Climate Change has projected that coastal waters may rise by two feet by 2050 and four feet by the end of the century.

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.

I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership.

Sometimes I wish eastern Congo could suffer an earthquake or a tsunami, so that it might finally get the attention it needs. The barbaric civil war being waged here is the most lethal conflict since World War II and has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake.

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that.

It's important not to demonize [Donald's] Trump voters.