Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.

Before you build a better mousetrap, it helps to know if there are any mice out there.

The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money.

These days the American dream of home ownership has turned into a nightmare for millions of families. They wake every day to the reality of a horrible decline in the value of the home that has meant so much to them.

Millions of public workers have become a kind of privileged new class - a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public servants have become the public's masters. No wonder the public is upset.

Law practice is the exact opposite of sex:even when it's good, it's bad.

Never buy a saddle until you have met the horse.