More people expect to see E.T. round the corner than their Social Security check in the mailbox 40 years from now.

Many religious leaders and, more sporadically, the government have tried for a long time to stem the tide of divorce, without any success. Maybe it's time to let private industry, and the Invisible Hand, have a go at it.

So four out of five Americans think we are heading in the wrong direction as a country?

"It is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers."

Why would we even think about raising our already-high corporate taxes?

When politicians start looking at corporations with a greedy eye, it may sound appealing - but it's your pocket they'll be picking.

It is a wonderful thing when truly stupid ideas return to bite the people that promoted them.

Anyone who sends their children to a religious school may be permitted an 80% tax deduction of the tuition.

Who owns your mortgage? It might just be...nobody.

What are we to make of the news that career State Department staffers are refusing to go to Iraq?