Debt, handled properly, is a powerful tool for wealth creation.

The FDIC, Fannie, and Freddie set the example of mortgage fraud.

Tea Party candidates aren't kooks; they're just not experienced slick shysters like we're used to.

How the government created the foreclosure mess, and then made it much worse.

Rand Paul was right not to shake his opponent's hand.

How our financial system got into such a mess, the lessons we should learn, and what we can do about it.

America's leaders ought to follow the law, not act as if they're above it.

Ordinary people won't start businesses when life and employment seems so risky.

Gov. Christie's cancellation of the new NY-NJ rail tunnel is necessary, prudent - and deeply sad.

Modern thugs have no respect for hospitals or churches; they'll happily carry on their combat, violence, and theft even in "sanctuaries" of healing, which even criminals of past generations would not do.