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

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

On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.

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.

People and organizations other than doctors increasingly are assuming power to decide which medications to prescribe or procedures to undertake. More and more, decisions about personal healthcare are no longer made by the treating physicians in consultation with their patients, and based on the doctors' expertise.

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right.