The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings.
I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.
The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.
I don't think we use television the way we should or the way the inventors intended.
Pete Rozelle used television to get the game to the American public by creating the Super Bowl and making it the biggest sporting event in the world.
The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers.
Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore.
. . . with what we spent in Iraq we could build nuclear power plants and space solar power satellites and tell the Arabs to drink their oil.
Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.
We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when it is dull and inconvenient are undervalued.