Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful.

We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.

In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.

We have a decision to make every hour of every day, and that is whether to represent the sword or the shield. Democracy now.

I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.

We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet.

...Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't give too much information, if I don't go there, it's like I was never 'there' in the first place. I noticed this mos…