The Republican Convention Opens In

The Press Is A Watchdog. Not An Attack Dog. Not A Lapdog. A Watchdog. Now, A Watchdog Can't Be Right All The Time. He Doesn't Bark Only When He Sees Or Smells Something That's Dangerous. A Good Watchdog Barks At Things That Are Suspicious.

I Got Addicted. News, Particularly Daily News, Is More Addictive Than Crack Cocaine, More Addictive Than Heroin, More Addictive Than Cigarettes.

Covering The Civil-rights Movement Was A Mind- And Eye-opener For Me. Houston Was A Segregated Society, As Was Texas As A Whole - Some Of It By Law, A Lot Of It By Fear And Tradition. But There Was No Violence Where I Lived, And If There Was Hate, It Was Either Concealed From Me Or I Just Didn't Recognize It.

Music Is Important. It Says Things You Heart Can't Say Any Other Way, And In A Language Everyone Speaks. Music Crosses Borders, Turns Smiles Into Frowns, And Vice Versa. These Observations Are Shared With A Hope: That, When Schools Cut Back On Music Classes, They Really Think About What They're Doing - And Don't Take Music For Granted.

From The Streets Of Cairo And The Arab Spring, To Occupy Wall Street, From The Busy Political Calendar To The Aftermath Of The Tsunami In Japan, Social Media Was Not Only Sharing The News But Driving It.