You could tell he's been around the game. This guy showed a little pop.

I just decided I'd give it a shot. I figured if I didn't find anything, I'd quit, but I kept finding stuff, then I kind of hit a dead end; that's when I sent my memo to the sheriff.

If you look carefully at the way that they gathered data for that report, it was simply a matter of interviewing police officers and asking them if they profiled based on race. Not surprisingly, they said no.

It was not a statistical analysis of what actually happens on the highway. It was a survey of officers asking them if they discriminated based on race. It was a study that already knew what answer it would come up with.

The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.

The bill, as it is written now, is simply a waste of time, energy and space.

Creationism is not biology and has no place in a biology class. What makes it wrong is not the theory of creationism, but the teaching of creationism as part of a science class.

It's terribly disappointing that we are still at this stage. Most other states have gone ahead and done these studies. And there is significant anecdotal information that racial profiling does exist - and we still have not gotten a bill out of committee in Virginia.

As written, almost any circumstance could justify suspension of First Amendment rights.

They have chosen a more indirect route likely to cause complications for a gay-student alliance.