Last week in all media classes, we read Chinese folk tales and I did a presentation on China.

This is very definitely an opera -- there's no spoken dialogue at all, but because of the use of folk songs, it's a very unique type of performance.

One issue is convincing the public that there are entities out there other than the media that really need access to documents, such as people doing substantive research on government.

Kids want to imitate what it is they see in the media.

There's a collapse in the public's faith in American institutions. The media has done a poor job. We've become as insular and self-regarding as any [other institution].

Unfortunately, the media have trouble distinguishing between real science and propaganda cross-dressed as science.