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

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.

So now the question is, basically, right now, how will the Osama Bin Laden tape affect the election? And I have a feeling that it could tilt the election a bit. In fact, I'm a little inclined to think that Karl Rove, the political manager at the White House, who is a very clever man, that he probably set up bin Laden to this thing.

Putting it as strongly as I can, the failure to give free airtime for our political campaigns endangers our democracy.

We're living in a state where no one can trust his telephone conversations, nor even his personal conversations in a room, in a bar or anywhere else.

I have never pretended to be a great writer. I am totally immodest about being a great reporter and a good news writer. I write fast and I write accurately, nearly as accurately as anybody can be, and that's my skill.