There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear war would be so overwhelming that any kind of preparedness would be futile.

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

Immigrant children are highly vulnerable. Their level of disadvantage and fragility has consistently grown due to factors outside their control.

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

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

Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.

Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.