I think a lot of programs, policies have been put in place since 9/11, have prevented a 9/11-style attack. On the other hand, I think the threat has become greater, not lesser.

Peacekeeping funds are an important and necessary part of what America does for humanity and the rest of the world.

Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies.

In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.

There can be no argument about the Lone Star State's significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and the sacrifices of those who made Texas independence a reality.

Unfortunately, cancer is the number one killer of children in this country today, and it destroys not only these innocent victims, but their families as well.

Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of that funding goes to the Human Rights Council.

We're making it more difficult to obtain the necessary ingredients to produce meth and tightening criminal penalties for those who deal in this dangerous drug.

Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and Saudi Arabia, is not real reform.

We're going to be examining, how can we more properly screen and vet people coming into the United States? We will also be looking at the border.

I believe the previous administration shrunk from some of our responsibilities as a superpower and made the world a more dangerous place.

Pursue your goal. Opinions be damned.

Crowdsourcing is the ultimate disruptor of distribution because in a most Zen-like fashion, the content is controlled by everyone and no one at the same time.

To envision the future

She's terse. I can be terse. Once, in flight school, I was laconic.

Curiosity is also my worst vice, and once stirred one not to be denied.

You are who you are, there's nobody like you, and to try and be like someone else is just a lie.

everything comes and goes; pleasure moves on too early and trouble leaves too slow

After reading Eminem's autobiography, which I did because I'm so interested in him as an artist, I respect him a lot. Even though he seems angry and mad, he's had to fight so many demons in his life.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

What we have not named as a symbol escapes our notice.