The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

All of the leading terrorism experts are clear on one thing: that in terms of protecting America, we are almost never going to know a place or a time of an attack.

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot.

I absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it's like accusing a doctor of malpractice or a lawyer of malfeasance.

If you happened to be born on third base, you didn't rub it in the face of the guy who wasn't even born in the stadium. Self-interest was generally checked at the door with your coat and hat.

Rapid change, accommodating it can be one of the great human capacities. But living through it can be the stuff of stress and often suffering.

I think that there's a lot of anxiety out there in people wanting their children to be part of the mainstream, to achieve based on the well-worn yardsticks.