The main goal of bankruptcy reform in my judgment is to discourage people from discharging all of their debt when they can afford to pay all of it back.

The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty.

The prospect now for any reform of Italy's public debt must be close to zero. I wouldn't want to hold Italian bonds until they get to a spread that acknowledges those risks, and they certainly don't at the moment.

The two people who know the most about this are Monica Lewinsky and President William Jefferson Clinton.

In general reducing the public debt will require drastic public sector reform. To implement drastic reforms, Koizumi needs to gain public support.

Katherine Harris is a tremendously intense politician. She means well, but like any other politician, her judgment can get clouded by her intensity.