I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces.
Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy.
Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?
I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.
I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.
As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.
One of the most important roles of our journalists is to be watchdogs.
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.
I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
