Numerous factors affect the size of state bureaucracies, including demographics, crime levels and the propensity of states to contract or privatize services such as prisons or solid waste collection.

The federal government doesn't have the money. The rebuilding money should come from state and local budgets. States should issue bonds for long-term investments for freeways and the like. ... They should look at innovative private financing mechanisms.

Anne Arundel County is an important customer relationship for TSPI for numerous reasons, including the county's size, population growth, central location between Baltimore and Washington, and that it is home to our Pelican Mobile offices and corporate headquarters. We are proud to play our part to support Anne Arundel County's relentless commitment to provide its nearly 500,000 residents with a safe environment to live and work.

There are charts and graphs and all this kind of stuff. That factors into that contract, particularly for a 30-year-old running back.

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.

If blue collar jobs are leaving and white collar jobs are outsourced what color collar jobs are left?