I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.

Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.

We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.