They may have turned this up, whether you had the Paula Jones case or not. But again maybe not, but again that's like if a frog had side pockets he'd probably wear a handgun.
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
Start-ups like UniversityNow, a network of low-cost, online colleges, allows students to work at their own pace and pay a few hundred dollars a month for a degree.
Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
The great lesson my mother and father gave me was almost invisible. It was a strong sense of being rooted.
What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.
Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.
Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.
Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
