This opens the door on another chapter of history.

The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.

For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often did, I tried not to communicate them to my audience.

We know that no one should tell a woman she has to bear an unwanted child. We know that religious beliefs cannot define patriotism.

I sort of think in a way that many of us young reporters who had the opportunity to go overseas for our organizations were kind of, in a sense, war profiteers. We were enhancing our careers while covering that terrible conflict.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.