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.

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

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

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

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.