I Think It's Dangerous To Be Optimistic.

There Are Other Issues I Have Felt More Emotionally Connected To, Like China, Where I Lived And Worked For Some Time. I Was Living There When Tiananmen Square Erupted

There Is An Element Of Anger Among Women Who've Been Raped. There's Certainly A Major Element Of Humiliation. But It Really Does Seem Like A Medical Condition Of Shock And Horror.

More Americans Die In Gun Homicides And Suicides In Six Months Than Have Died In The Last 25 Years In Every Terrorist Attack And The Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq Combined.

Individual Storytelling Is Incredibly Powerful. We As Journalists Know Intuitively What Scientists Of The Brain Are Discovering Through Brain Scans, Which Is That Emotional Stories Tend To Open The Portals, And That Once There's A Connection Made, People Are More Open To Rational Arguments.

It Is Better To Inconsistently Save Some Lives Than To Consistently Save None.