there on the beaches of Normandy I began to reflect on the wonders of these ordinary people whose lives were laced with the markings of greatness.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

Forty years after the greatest scandal of the American presidency, Elizabeth Drew's account in Washington Journal remains fresh and riveting, instructive and evocative. Her afterword on Nixon's post-Watergate life is equally compelling.

A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility

Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way.

It's so much easier to do it right than to do it wrong.

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down.