The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.

The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.

The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

After all the black man has been through in this world, he can still often reach levels of spirituality the most pampered white man cannot touch. Maybe what he's been through is the reason why.

I am so used to having a comfortable life. What will it be like when I am no longer able to just buy anything I want?

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.