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" The No. 1 purpose of the federal government is national defense. "

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" You can't 'control' a Mars mission from Earth. The Mars mission is going to have to be controlled by the people on Mars... There is just too much involved that is out of sight of Earth. "

" The United States should give former NSA contractor Edward Snowden immunity from prosecution in exchange for congressional testimony. "

" The pro-American policy is the one that forces oil prices down. The way to do this is to flood the world market with liquid fuel from every source possible. "

" As a result of the carbon-dioxide enrichment of the Earth's atmosphere, plants are now growing faster. Furthermore, global warming lengthens the growing season and increases net rainfall. "

" The more that energy costs, the less economic activity there can be. "

" The issue comes down to this: The NSA metadata-collection program costs lots of money, and had funds not been expended on it, they could have been used to support other programs that might have been far more effective in saving American lives. "

" Mars is key to humanity's future in space. It is the closest planet that has all the resources needed to support life and technological civilization. Its complexity uniquely demands the skills of human explorers, who will pave the way for human settlers. "

" Our European allies need to be able to buy our fuel, or they will fall to enemy domination. "

" Western environmentalists might value their independence, but their organizations are largely donor driven, and if he wanted to, Putin could have a lot to donate. "

" Global warming would increase the rate of evaporation from the oceans. This would increase rainfall worldwide. In addition, global warming would lengthen the growing season, thereby increasing still further the bounty of both agriculture and nature. "

" In any economy, the entire population is supported by the part of it that is working. All other things being equal, it thus follows that the most attractive acquisition a society can have is a young adult, whose childhood and education has already been paid for, but whose entire working life still lies ahead. "

" The problem with Russia is not corruption per se, or even Putin per se. Russian government is not corrupt because Vladimir Putin has absolute power. Russian government has been corrupt and will always be as long as anyone has absolute power. "

" The anti-American policy is the one that keeps oil prices up. The way to do that is to help OPEC limit the amount of liquid fuel available. "

" There is nothing 'conservative' at all about Putin's cause. What he is offering is a synthetic ideology called Eurasianism, composed for him by Dugin, as a means of uniting all the anti-Western movements of the world under Kremlin control. "

" The EPA must be forbidden to seize or destroy the property of any person until and unless such person has been found guilty of a crime in a court of law. "

" Through our CO2 emissions, we are making the earth a more fertile world. "

" Would offering the Mars Prize damage NASA? I don't think so. "

" If we are to assess the rationality of government expenditures to protect the lives of Americans through massive domestic surveillance, we need to compare this program to others aimed at saving American lives. "

" It should be noted that the EPA's banning of methanol is categorically absurd from the point of view of environmental protection. "

" Were the United States to pass a law requiring all cars to be methanol-capable flex-fuel vehicles, or simply repeal EPA regulations that prevent such conversions from being carried out privately, our immense natural-gas capacity could make a dramatic entrance into the liquid-fuel market. "

" No one can prevent hurricanes, but prosperous communities are much better able to withstand them than poor ones. "

" The Putin regime's income comes from oil and gas exports. If we could crash the price of these commodities, we could bankrupt the regime. "

" The relationship between carbon consumption and human well-being is causal, not coincidental. "

" Starting as a few bands of hunter-gatherers, humanity expanded the food resources afforded by the land a thousandfold through the development of agriculture. "

" The space program needs a goal, and the goal should be humans to Mars. "

" The United States has the largest and best navy in the world. "

" Economic growth must be the central issue because it is only through growth that the devastating threat of national bankruptcy can be averted. Furthermore, it is only by reviving American economic growth that the West's global predominance can be sustained, and peace and freedom kept secure around the world. "

" The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it. "

" The goods of the world market are available for Cuba to purchase, but all the foreign exchange is monopolized by the regime, which uses it for its own power and pleasure. "

" In the 1960s, reaching for the moon meant just that. It was a metaphor for attempting the impossible, and we attempted it, and we did it. And it inspired millions of people in every way. The number of science graduates in this country doubled in the 1960s at every level - high school, college, Ph.D. "