Linda P. Campbell thought her best job ever was covering the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. — until she took up opinion writing for the Star-Telegram in 2000. She writes about legal issues, education, families and myriad other topics. And she volunteers as a baseball-soccer mom in her other fulltime job.

E-mail: lcampbell@star-telegram.com

Komen, Planned Parenthood furor can help donors rethink criteria for giving

| |Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

The showdown involving Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood wasn't about what's happening with women's breasts but about what's happening in their wombs and who gets to decide that.Read more

Lou Dobbs makes Texas redistricting battle into Daily Show shtick

| |Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012

Lou Dobbs uses redistricting to launch rant about judges but gets his facts flat wrongRead more

Texas' voter ID law is about political power

| |Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012

Party interests will get protected more than the electoral process or individual voting rights.Read more

Can Colbert Nation upend the South Carolina GOP primary?

| |Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012

Mobilizing voters against unlimited campaign spending will take more than protests at federal courts.Read more

Will Supreme Court decide FCC indecency rules going the way of rabbit ears?

| |Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012

Muzzling on-air cursing may be a regulation court conservatives like.Read more

Texas redistricting brief argues for demise of Voting Rights Act

| |Wednesday, Jan. 04, 2012

The state's lawyers want the Supreme Court to use Texas redistricting as a tool for smacking down Section 5.Read more

Liberal or conservative, Americans aren't all enemies

| |Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011

In the real world — as opposed to the public stage — we're all in this thing together.Read more

Fort Worth school district's successes overshadowed by board turmoil

| |Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011

A new Fort Worth school board president and superintendent will need to rejuvenate community good will.Read more

Texas redistricting shows judicial activism is in the eye of the beholder

| |Wednesday, Dec. 07, 2011

Texas redistricting demonstrates again that judicial activism can be in the eye of the beholder.Read more

Finding God in a busted transmission

| |Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011

It's a good time to reflect on quiet blessings and the importance of spreading them to others.Read more