Some calamities - the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, 9/11 - have come like summer lightning, as bolts from the blue. The looming crisis of America's Ponzi entitlement structure is different. Driven by the demographics of an aging population, its causes, timing and scope are known.

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.

The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.

Like a snail crossing a sidewalk, the Clinton Administration leaves a lengthening trail of slime, this time on America's national honor.

Ronald Reagan has held the two most demeaning jobs in the country; President of the United States and radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs.

According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.