We've had the trivialization of our politics going on ever since we had electronic media.

The terrorists are going to believe the worst about America. They think we spy on everything. They think we kill everyone. They think - they don't believe that we believe in democracy, right? They don't believe we have limits on our government.

Eisenhower was a pretty peace-oriented president. Truman was a pretty hawkish. I would argue, if we had more time, I would argue Truman had a lot to do with getting the Cold War going.

It takes no courage to make war, particularly if you're not going to go and your children are not going to go.

We've had the trivialization of our politics going on ever since we had electronic media.

It had run as a column - I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.