If police officers routinely issue tickets for the most serious traffic offenses, they'll be treating drivers of all races, sexes, and ages equally.

- Bill Dedman

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

- Bill Dedman

Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

- Bill Dedman

History is the best guide to the future.

- Bill Dedman

FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.

- Bill Dedman

In Chicago, integrated neighborhoods do not stay integrated for long.

- Bill Dedman

John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn sold rhubarb all over town fro…

- Bill Dedman

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.

- Bill Dedman