Opinion - Susan Estrich

Creators Syndicate - The last Thanksgiving of my childhood started out promisingly enough. It was 1969, and we were going to my parents' best friends' house. I had a crush on their second oldest son, and with luck (a lot of it), we'd end up in his room listening to Led Zeppelin. He was much cooler than I was, but I was who would be there on Thanksgiving. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - It's that time of the year again. Time to feel like a fool. I started early this year, at Bed Bath and Beyond. Mind you, I love the store — two shiny new floors of beautiful things that you don't have to try on. I'm a goner for candles and diffusers, not to mention cordless vacuum cleaners. And they even have beauty products and potato chips in the checkout line. It should be bliss. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - So, as it turns out, did I not need to have my breasts squeezed in the mammogram machines every year between the ages of 40 and 50? Could I have missed the two scares in there, especially the one when both of my kids were babies? Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - I really hate defending Sarah Palin. I mean, I don't agree with her on anything. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - There's an old saying that hard cases make bad law. The same rule, unfortunately, applies to presidential decisions. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - You've got to hand it to Nancy Pelosi. Love her or hate her — and there are probably more people in the second category than the first — you can't deny the enormity of her accomplishment. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - Everything and nothing happened on Tuesday. I could have predicted that. Whoever "wins" says it means everything. Whoever "loses" says it means nothing. That's how off-off-year elections work. History supports both sides. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - There's an old story about a Harvard professor who gets a call from the president (of the United States) and responds that his president is the president of Harvard. Full Story »