Today, barely 5 percent of all containers coming into the United States through our ports are scanned.

If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq.

Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal.

If Americans want to see results instead of rhetoric, if taxpayers would like solutions instead of sound bites, and hard work instead of horse trading, I suggest you take a short look, and it won't take much longer, at the accomplishments of this Congress.

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

War puts its questions stupidly, peace mysteriously.

Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age.

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.