China's masters are starting to act like they care about ordinary Chinese. Quite a new leaf for Communists.

It's simply common sense that the nicer a life you have if you don't work, the more people will choose not to work and the pickier they will be about what job they might be willing to accept.

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

Judges which rule based on feelings rather than the law, cause unintended consequences quite the opposite of what they wanted.

There are many places around the world where we should "Do Something!"

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.

A capitalist will sell you the rope to hang himself.

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.