After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.

I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be.

It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.

I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

Public speaking? I speak to myself on the street!

Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.

We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way.