So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.

Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president.

Violent predators are not like the rest of us. They kill for fun, for sport, for the sake of it. To compare them to animals is an insult to animals. To expect that we can rehabilitate them assumes a will to change.

The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values.

Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together.

People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 a.m. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective.

In most presidential elections, the taller candidate wins.