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.

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

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

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

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.

He does what he thinks God would do if God only knew the facts.

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