Terrorism is simply the weapon by which the weak engage the strong.

Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: what is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.

Donald Trump is, in effect, the Recruiter-in-Chief for ISIS. ISIS wants nothing more right now than to have the world divided into Judeo-Christian on one side and the Islamic world on the other. That's exactly what Trump is doing for them. I think it's time we start with thinking about what ISIS wants and then not doing it.

I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.

You can almost measure where you are in life by the degree to which you have begun looking back rather than ahead.

There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page

Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.