Let us not rush into a vast expansion of government power in a misguided attempt to protect freedom. In doing so, we will inevitably erode the very freedom we seek to protect.

I supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of Iraq.

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

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.

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.

History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.

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