They're Counting On Your Patriotism To Distract

Why Is The Country Not Having This Conversation, The Kind Of Conversation That Requires The Politicians Who Are Responsible For The War To Be Specific To The Concerns Of The American People.

When We Were Covering The 2008 Campaign I Told My Young African American Colleagues That Despite The Historical Significance Of Victory, Barack Obama Was Going To Break Their Hearts. They Didn't Want To Hear That, And They Refused To Believe It. Eighteen Months Later They Started Dropping By One By One To Say, Sadly: "he Broke Our Hearts." A Couple Of Them Even Wept.

Scientists Investigate That Which Already Is; Engineers Create That Which Has Never Been. Creativity Is Piercing The Mundane To Find The Marvelous.

Democracy May Not Prove In The Long Run To Be As Efficient As Other Forms Of Government, But It Has One Saving Grace: It Allows Us To Know And Say That It Isn't.

A Producer Is A Saboteur Who Tries To Infiltrate The Passivity Of Viewers And To Create Impressions That Are Lasting.