Television has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world.
From Robert MacNeil
After I became a citizen, I felt freer to say what I thought about this country, both negative and positive. I think I had been, consciously and subconsciously, biting my tongue in the past.
Also, when I didn't like something, I could keep my opinion to myself.
And I'm in favor of that because I have a gay son, who's a very successful theater designer.
But, finally, I just realized a few years ago that this is where I belonged. I mean everything I had was invested here, emotionally and every other way. And the country had invested enormously in me.
I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York City.
I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than what was happening in Canada. And my mother was fervently of that opinion.
I never wanted to be a pundit.
I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary.
Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit.
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