Craig Kilborn

I used to make fun of young people when I was 17 - the angst, the insecurities, all those tattoos.

The big political news, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he's running for governor of California, and already, people are chanting, 'Four more vowels, four more vowels.'

Democrats were quick to point out that President Bush's budget creates a 1 trillion dollar deficit. The White House quickly responded with 'Hey, look over there, it's Saddam Hussein.'

I was a litigation lawyer, following the crowd off the proverbial cliff, when I pressed the pause button.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.