The justices of California's Supreme Court have utter disdain for democracy and contempt for the lowly voters who express opinions they disagree with.

Any financial adviser will tell you to keep two months' salary in the bank in case of an unforeseen disaster. Shouldn't the country?

Blame the victim? Blame whitey? Or roll up your sleeves and get to work?

Hillary and Obama might just as well walk down the street throwing rocks into people's living rooms.

The NSF was chartered to fund basic scientific research, it was not chartered to extend affirmative action to the sciences.

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

It seems pretty clear that McCain expects to reach the Oval Office without the Republican base.

Barack and Hillary shoot each other in the feet.

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?