There are moments in history that cause us to recall where we were and what we were doing at the time.

This is a trying time for many in the media.

NAPLES, Fla. -- Unlike what was said in the past about political parties that could hold meetings in a phone booth, people came to the 106th annual convention of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Not as many as may have attended in past years, but for an industry that continually flogs itself, there was respectability in numbers.

The race to be first with hybrid cars powered by anything but gasoline is the rage.

Gov. Phil Bredesen has been a reformer.

There are many who cloak themselves in the First Amendment and the protections of free speech.

On a recent trip to South Korea, we met a Japanese government official who was traveling with his parents. As we waited for a bus at the Korean Folk Village, his father asked us whether we were British.

A piece of civility fell by the wayside last week.

Something quite interesting happened across the country and here at home last week.

Let's pause for a moment and listen to the long exhaling of air from the lungs of many members of Congress.