A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.

Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not be sent to Vietnam.

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other people.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

I'm a big fan of CNN. I watched it from the beginning.

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people.

I think it's impossible for any of us not to find television, and the political process at its best on television, compelling.

If you tailor your news viewing so that you only get one point of view, well of course you're going to think somebody else has got a different point of view, and it may be wrong.