NBC's Brian Williams weighs in

Brian Williams tells grads: "Start with climate."

So pick one area: energy, politics, diplomacy, science, education, military, transportation. Start with climate. Something tells me this may be a challenge in the years ahead. Tomorrow's predicted high for Columbus is 220 degrees.

Brian Williams nominates "Mother Earth" for Person of the Year

My nominee for 2007 Person of the Year is a woman--a woman with a history of abuse, a woman who has never run for elective office, someone we all know, someone who makes her presence known on a daily basis in all our lives and, for my money, is better than any male alternative. That woman is Mother Earth. I think the environment is the compelling issue of our time.

Brian Williams on Bloggers:”I’m up against a guy named Vinny in an efficiency apartment.”

"You're going to be up against people who have an opinion, a modem, and a bathrobe. All of my life, developing credentials to cover my field of work, and now I'm up against a guy named Vinny in an efficiency apartment in the Bronx who hasn't left the efficiency apartment in two years" — Brian Williams, anchor of the "NBC Nightly News," speaking before New York University journalism students on the challenges traditional journalism faces from online media.

Brian Williams/ Somebody get this guy a jet - TwinCities.com

On his hectic travel schedule: "We did the math — 38,486 miles in eight weeks including two Pacific crossings, three Atlantic crossings and 10 overseas cities. ... Why don't I have a jet? Tell me why I don't have a jet? I need my own jet — that's the lesson."