My hope is that we would begin to have a dialogue in this country about the importance of civility. We can have strong differences, but it does seem to me that most of the country believes it's gone to critical mass in what I would call the professional class across the political spectrum - left and right.

I started writing a journal, and I was learning so much along the way. How to deal with your family, how to deal with your friends.

One of the advantages of being a national journalist of some recognition is that you come across high-profile people, and many become your friends.

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