It's sort of funny because the beach does not seem to be as crowded so I guess everyone who is at the beach wants some water ice because we've had business.

We have, without any fanfare or much conversation, moved into a era in which news organizations are expected to explain themselves. Twenty years ago, it would not be expected that the New York Times would explain itself. The concept of what accountability is has changed.

The fact that the vice president shot someone at close range is very interesting. It is easy to mock, and jokes continue. But it should not be the role of the press to make jokes. That is bad judgment.

Within the Times, there's a great deal of concern about how this is going to reflect on the Times as an institution and therefore on them.

It's a transitional year. And we're going to be in transition for longer than a year.

When you talk to customers, you can tell that a lot of them are a lot more local.

The whole time this guy was punching him, he held onto the purse. The last couple of hits looked like stabs.

I was concerned whoever did what they did would put a bullet in my head.

The judges felt that, in a field of hugely important investigations, the revelation of systematic domestic spying by the government was the most important. They wanted to send a message that this kind of reporting is essential to our democracy.