The largest number of jobs likely to be created by the JOBS Act will be for lawyers needed to clean up the mess that it will create.

Indias rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.

Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children.

Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.

The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.

Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks.

China has lunged into the 21st century, while India is still lurching toward it.

Most troublesome is the legalization of 'crowd funding,' the ability of start-up companies to raise capital from small investors on the Internet.

Visits to crowded Indian urban centers unleash sensory assaults: colorful dress and lilting chatter provide a backdrop to every manner of commerce, from small shops to peddlers to beggars.

My mom wouldn't know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.

Carmen didn't like change, and she certainly didn't like endings.

There is no better place to plot the death of a character than when you're miserable and working out.

My first open mic, I drank a full pitcher of beer by myself. I wasn't afraid of being in front of people as much as, Is this funny?

I wouldn't dream of following a fashion... how could one be a different person every three months?

A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.

To be honest, makeup is a big part of what I do for a living.

If I won the lottery,I would love to buy an airfield and populate it with enthusiasts like myself, and old airplanes.

Once I became a professional, maybe 19 or 20, I really started to try to figure out who I was, as a woman and as an individual.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.