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

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.

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.

Never buy a saddle until you have met the horse.

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

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

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.