The problem with most children's hospitals is that they are passive. They are high quality. They are filled with the best doctors. But their function is to wait until kids get sick and get referred in.

If we ensure access to health care and 'best practice' asthma treatment for children, especially those at high risk, there is the potential to save the health care system billions of dollars.

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.

If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.

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

There isn't a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event.

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