Bill Dedman

I am not one to seek simple causes.

— Bill Dedman

“Huguette was a quiet woman in a noisy time.”

— Bill Dedman

History is the best guide to the future.

— Bill Dedman

The Iraq war fueled distrust of the press from both sides.

— Bill Dedman

The term 'triage' normally means deciding who gets attention first.

— Bill Dedman

ABC forbids political activity by journalists.

— Bill Dedman

Spring and summer in Pittsburgh mean outdoor festivals.

— Bill Dedman

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

— Bill Dedman

A 'Globe' examination found that Boston police officers exercise broad discretion when deciding whether to issue a ticket.

— Bill Dedman

The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.

— Bill Dedman

It's hard to say whether the general incidence of school violence of all types is increasing or not.

— Bill Dedman

Though some student activists of the 1960s may have idolized Alinsky, he didn't particularly idolize them.

— Bill Dedman

Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lending is 'predatory lending.'

— Bill Dedman

“WE CAME TO THIS STORY by separate paths, one of us by accident and one by birth.”

— Bill Dedman

'John Doe' is typically used in a warrant when the accused is known by an alias or by a physical description.

— Bill Dedman

Subprime lending is growing faster in black areas than in white areas.

— Bill Dedman

Lie detectors sometimes work because people believe they work, deterring the wrong people from applying for jobs in the first place, or…

— Bill Dedman

'J'eet jet?' is still the standard way for a Pittsburgher to ask if you're ready for a meal, but the meal itself…

— Bill Dedman

Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April,…

— Bill Dedman

Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in…

— Bill Dedman

When Goldberg's 'Liberal Fascism' came out in January 2008, his employer 'National Review Online' announced that Tribune Media Services, which carries Goldberg's…

— Bill Dedman

It may be no surprise that Pittsburgh has direct flights to London, Paris and Frankfurt, but consider this: many of the tourists…

— Bill Dedman

American nuclear reactors are well into middle age. The median age of an operating reactor in the U.S. is 34 years, placing…

— Bill Dedman

“California house, a palace on a cliff by the Pacific, and her father’s house, the largest in New York City, with a…

— Bill Dedman

After every massacre in a school, Americans grasp at quick cures. 'Let's install metal detectors and give guns to teachers' Let's crack…

— Bill Dedman

In New York, FEMA granted the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club's request to be remapped from the high-risk flood zone in August…

— Bill Dedman

Msnbc.com identified 143 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records…

— Bill Dedman

The main threads running through the lives of W. A. Clark and his daughter Huguette include the costs of ambition, the burdens…

— Bill Dedman

Wellesley's president, Nannerl Overholser Keohane, approved a broad rule with a specific application: The senior thesis of every Wellesley alumna is available…

— Bill Dedman

“In Montana in the 1890s, as in the United States in the 2010s, the laws were loose enough to allow men of…

— Bill Dedman

The Adversity Index was created by msnbc.com and Moody's Analytics to track the economic fortunes of states and metro areas. Each month,…

— Bill Dedman

“One of W.A.'s descendants described the mixed blessing of inherited wealth: "I think having such wealth can lead some people to have…

— Bill Dedman

“I beg you to cultivate imagination, which means to develop your power of sympathy, and I entreat you to decide thoughtfully what…

— Bill Dedman

I'm pretty much a documents reporter. I'm a public records geek.

— Bill Dedman

Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

— Bill Dedman

I'm not a person who has people tell me things in parking garages.

— Bill Dedman

“Pour vivre heureux, vivons cache. To live happily, live hidden.”

— Bill Dedman

America's schools and streets are safer than Americans know.

— Bill Dedman

Huguette Clark was an artist, a painter and doll collector.

— Bill Dedman

Polygraphs have sparked a fierce debate for at least a century.

— Bill Dedman