Texas has a lot of good newspapers and it's always gratifying to receive recognition from this group. I'm very proud of our winners, as well as all the other newsroom folks who work hard every day to put out our newspaper.

In many ways the industry has been on the defensive. I'm doing a little bit of a cheerleader thing. Newspapers need to get their swagger back.

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them.

Despite what Mr. Mattingly might say, the temporary restraining order did raise serious constitutional issues about government attempting to muzzle the press. It was a mistake from the beginning that has now been resolved.

We're still not convinced there is a good reason for the government to withhold what is typically a public document. However, this new order is the correct legal way for the government to try to prevent the release of the report, as opposed to the unconstitutional effort to control the flow of information in a free society.