A deadly sins addendum is long overdue. Life has changed since Pope Gregory the Great scribbled his initial list in the sixth century.
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.
I am incredibly proud of the many journalists I have worked with throughout my career and the great campaigns that we have fought and won.
If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.
When I left 'American Morning' in 2007, I'd focused on doing documentaries. But I thought 'Starting Point' was a great opportunity to be involved in the zeitgeist.
The question for Obama is how he can rein in the furies of populism while making us all feel the malefactors of great wealth are being sufficiently punished.
I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person.
You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.
Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive alternative investment.
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.
Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading.
I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.
For me, the brand of the camera is not the most important thing. I think you can take good pictures with the camera on your phone.
It's very important to feel good in my clothes. I like fashion that suits me. I don't take it too seriously.
Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
Most of us entered journalism and joined 'news organizations' because we care about the greater good. We strive to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on, I decided to have a go at stand-up comedy.
