In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC

For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children

Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure.

The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.