I Never Wanted To Be A Pundit.

Parents Can Plant Magic In A Child's Mind Through Certain Words Spoken With Some Thrilling Quality Of Voice, Some Uplift Of The Heart And Spirit.

After I Became A Citizen, I Felt Freer To Say What I Thought About This Country, Both Negative And Positive. I Think I Had Been, Consciously And Subconsciously, Biting My Tongue In The Past.

Well, I Had A Small Degree, That Little Infection Of Skepticism About America Which Resides In The Minds Of Even America's Closest Friends. That America Can't Be Quite As Good As It Says It Is. And Why Does It Need So Relentlessly To Keep Saying How Good It Is?

Television Has Created A Nation Of News Junkies Who Tune In Every Night To Get Their Fix On The World.

Change Is Legitimate And Inevitable, For Our Language Is A Mighty River, Picking Up Silt And Flotsam Here And Discarding It There, But Growing Ever Wider And Richer.