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.

Poverty leads to hardship and failure.

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

Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

Having insurance doesn't guarantee good health outcomes, but it is a critical factor.

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

Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.