For this relief, much thanks
I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
No two wars are identical.
Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.
I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
I'm a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain.
I had set the standard for my style of relief pitching so high that when I came back to the rest of the pack, everybody said I was done.
There is no one that can share your responsibility. It it is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?
Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.