The public probably knows that teen drivers are at greater risk for fatal accidents. What the public doesn't know is what we ought to do about it.

Without referring to anybody directly, one of the problems with confrontational public negotiating is that it runs the risk of alienating a public with a median family income of $35,000. So that when a player is complaining publicly that he's only being paid $7-million a year instead of $9-million, a fan can look at that with real anger. And an owner who's challenged publicly may simply become more locked in and less apt to ever compromise.

Rising oil prices are the biggest risk to what is otherwise shaping up as a robust recovery.

The reason that kids take chances when they drive is not because they're ignorant. It's because other things undermine their better judgment.

Life without parole for kids presumes that they can't be changed.

The older you are, the more hours you can withstand without seeing harmful effects. But generally, no [teen] age group does well over 20 hours per week.