For the baby boomer generation, a home is now seen not as the cornerstone of advancement but a ball and chain, restricting their ability and their mobility to move and seek out a job at another location.

Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands. This amounted to 30 miles of marshlands.

Fewer Americans are at work today than in April 2000, even though the population since then has grown by 31 million.

Never buy a saddle until you have met the horse.

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours.

The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was.

Never have I experienced a serenity and sweetness of disposition as with my Chocolate Lab.