I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge.

The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no private property shall be taken for a public use without the payment of just compensation.

You took care of your horse, and your horse took care of you.

Congress has greatly tightened the loopholes terrorists can use to harm Americans. We need to do more. We need controls immediately on what forms of ID are adequate to board planes and enter secure sites.

More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002.

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation.