A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

I think there is a mainstream media. CNN is mainstream media, and the main, ABC, CBS, NBC are mainstream media. And I think it's just essentially to make the point that we are largely in the center without particular axes to grind, without ideologies which are represented in our daily coverage, at least certainly not on purpose.

And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him.

I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

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