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

Courts can handle 9-11’s mix of war and crime

| |Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

If we don’t believe that our federal courts are strong enough to deal with our worst enemies, then we have more to fear than foreign terrorists.Read more

When students become the teachers, everybody learns

| |Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Western Hills high schoolers turn their classroom work into a real-world contribution, one tree at a time.Read more

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