19-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for murder of taxi driver
A 19-year-old man who shot a Seattle taxicab driver in the head and then set the cab on fire last summer was sentenced to life in prison this morning by a King County Superior Court judge.

One Hummer of a problem
How refreshing that an issue that bears on real-world dilemmas would be inserted here, after all that riveting talk of flag pins and ex-pastors.

The big question: Will America elect a black president?
To beat McCain, Obama must persuade Americans that youth and intelligence trump age and experience. He must convince them McCain represents a third term for George Bush. And he must persuade wavering whites that he is genuinely post-racial.

What Obama needs to do
There's just one thing that should give Democrats pause -- but it's a big one: The fight for the nomination has divided the party along class and race lines in a way that I believe is unprecedented, at least in modern times.

What kind of 'mom legacies' are we leaving?
The book "Words Kids Need to Hear" by David Staal, though written from a Christian perspective, is wholly appropriate for a secular world in driving home the power of words, especially to our kids.

Nicole Brodeur: Do you recognize "amazing"?
This guy wrote last fall, asking me to write about his "amazing" wife. I was immediately suspicious. And I wasn't alone.