The risks are far greater to your child of not getting immunized than any kind of speculative potential relationship between the vaccine and the development of autism.

When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely to do well in school.

The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local chapters of the American Red Cross or offices of emergency management in the region or state. Most large cities will have their own offices of emergency management.

Disasters like Oklahoma City and 9/11 were time-limited. The children who were affected psychologically could go to a place of normalcy.

Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.

Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.

There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.