It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.

It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem whereby an election could be tilted towards a favored candidate.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.

In a single generation, the Internet has given to virtually every person on the face of the earth the ability to communicate with fellow human beings on virtually any topic, at any time, and in every nook and cranny on the globe. This magnificent invention has done this without succumbing to government control.

Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.

Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.