The London bombing last week, coupled with the Madrid bombing last year, should be a wake-up call to us all that our trains and transit system are an attractive target for terrorists.

Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

Finger pointing does not provide answers to grieving relatives,

History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.