Susan Estrich
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Praying to fill the gapsFeb 05, 2011 11:00 pm - I was talking to a friend who was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma — a young guy (by my lights), in his early 40s, if that; a jock, former varsity athlete,...
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College is what you make of it; just get past stressFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Every year, UCLA's Higher Education Research Center does a national study of college freshmen, some 200,000 in all. This year, the big news is emotional health — or lack...
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It's just too easy to blame it on BarackJan 29, 2011 11:00 pm - You have to hand it to Rep. Michele Bachmann, who was the official tea party responder to the president's State of the Union address. No phony sincerity from her. No mov...
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In law school to get rich? Think againJan 22, 2011 11:00 pm - One of the most widely circulated articles in The New York Times of late asks: “Is Law School a Losing Game?” For days, it was the most e-mailed story in the paper, and ...
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Daley choice moves Obama in right wayJan 08, 2011 10:00 pm - For a while there, I was worried that Barack Obama might actually be content to be a one-term president so long as he could say he accomplished what he set out to do. I...
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Dishonesty in the death penalty debateJan 01, 2011 10:00 pm - California has more prisoners on death row than any other state. Last year, according to the Los Angeles Times, it added 28 more, for a total of 717, contrary to trends ...
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Welcome, Zachary Furnish-JohnDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Born on Christmas Day in California to a surrogate mother, weighing in at 7 pounds 15 ounces. The son of proud fathers Sir Elton John and his civil partner David Furnish...
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Would you say it never rains in California?Dec 22, 2010 10:00 pm - Except when it does. Which isn't often. Usually, when it rains, we apologize to tourists and visitors, take out our (perpetually) almost new raincoats and say things li...
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The desires of the heart of a grown-upDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - By the time you read this, it won't be my birthday anymore. Thankfully. But it is right now, and birthdays don't get easier as you get older. I'm not talking about morta...
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A woman who held hope amid life's cruelty, misfortuneDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - I don't care what they said about her in “Game Change.” Catty? Who wouldn't be? Difficult? She had a right to be. She lost a son. She stood by her husband as he pursued ...