Gordon Smith

I have concluded that the U.N. can do a few things well. ”

My mother always said, 'The best way to ruin a story is to tell the other side.' ”

We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children. ”

Local television is still the No. 1 source for news and part of the family. ”

On issues carrying as much emotional freight as race - and there aren't many - a U.S. senator needs to speak with care and consistency. Otherwise, he could find people speaking at his own retirement tribute. ”

If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting. ”

In my day, the players used to work their socks off. It's all changed now, obviously. ”

Broadcasting's best days lie ahead as both an engine of local economies and as an integral part of tomorrow's technological world. ”