I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst. I feel no compulsion to be a pundit.

The sweet smell of the South, of Camellias and Azaleas, clings to Beaufort's ancient and historic buildings.

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.

I was lucky enough to have one of the first high school classes in the country.

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.

We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait.

We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.