The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal that supplies the political magic, as it were, in the president's vision.

In the early years, oil revenues will be insufficient.

Science is not a matter of consensus, as the histories of Galileo, Copernicus, Pasteur, Einstein and others will attest. Science depends not on speculation but on conclusions verified through experiment.

I think it's actual fact that our national defense is being hampered, will be impaired by the proposals,

There are a number of reasons why none of the cities in Texas are threatened by the bubble. Our housing markets are in good shape.

One thing cities need to know is that they don't need to create new bureaucracies by setting up entirely new systems.