Ratings Don't Last. Good Journalism Does.

Ratings Don't Last. Good Journalism Does.

The American Dream Is One Of The Greatest Ideas In The History Of Human Achievement . . . It Thrives Today In An Age When Its Core Components Of Freedom And Opportunity Are Open To More Americans Than Ever Before. It Holds A Real, Identifiable Place In The American Heart And Mind, And It Informs The Aspirations Of Everyone From Farmers To Software Developers, From Detectives To Bankers, From Soldiers To Social Workers . . . It Defines Us As A People, Even As We Add To Its Meaning With Each New Chapter In Our National Experience And Our Individual Actions.

Tonight, Savagery In The Streets Of Iraq. Ten Americans Die In A Single Day, Four Of Them Civilians Murdered, Mutilated And Dragged Through The Streets....what Drives American Civilians To Risk Death In Iraq? In This Economy It May Be, For Some, The Only Job They Can Find.

Performing Doesn't Turn Me On. It's An Egomaniac Business, Filled With Prima Donnas - Including This One.

These Guys [the Catholic Church] Make Enron Look Like Altar Boys.