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

Educating students shouldn’t take a back seat to research

| |Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

Universities striving for Tier One must ensure that their research focus doesn’t lose sight of their main mission — teaching.Read more

Legal aid interns get experience, insight

| |Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

A legal aid internship gives law students valuable hands-on work experience as well as insight into needs of low-income Texans.Read more

Defining 'reasonable’ isn’t easy when it comes to limiting free speech in public schools

| |Wednesday, Oct. 07, 2009

Defining "reasonable" isn’t easy when it comes to allowing or limiting free speech in public schools.Read more

Proper role of government at heart of healthcare debate

| |Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2009

The debate frames a healthy national discussion about the proper role of government in Americans’ lives.Read more

Newspaper strives to arm readers with current, precise information

| |Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2009

Consumers of information expect accuracy and consistency from their newspaper. Those are our goals as well.Read more

Effective communication is a two-step process — speaking and listening

| |Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2009

Thank you for saying what I’ve been feeling. I was afraid I was the only one who felt this way.Read more

Can we please act like United States?

| |Wednesday, Sep. 09, 2009

It’s time for reasonable people in the majority to say we’ve had enough of extremism and divisiveness.Read more

Fort Worth school officials learn expensive lesson

| Wednesday, Sep. 02, 2009

Fort Worth school leaders were stung by the misunderstanding of teacher training funded by federal grants.Read more

'Teaching Hope’ book helps teachers reach students through writing

| |Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009

Educators use writing as a way to reach teens across barriers that often separate them from a productive future and a belief in themselves.Read more

Campbell: Standing the Bill of Rights on its head

| Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009

No First Amendment T-shirts in public high schools? In the name of the Constitution, say it isn’t so!Read more