PORT STEWART, Northern Ireland – President Obama Wednesday replayed a familiar scenario when dealing with scandal, in this case delays for treatment, deaths, alleged cover-ups and other acts of malfeasance reported at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in the United States: first express outrage, next announce an investigation and …

Tolerance and diversity does not include men who wear camouflage or beards, according to Michigan’s largest municipally-owned utility. The Lansing Board of Water & Light has decided to cancel an upcoming “Duck Dynasty” look-alike contest off because the contest might offend people, a spokesman for the utility told me. “The …

The crisis in the Ukraine will likely end with Russia permanently controlling the Crimea, with the remainder of the country more tightly in its orbit than anticipated a few weeks ago. It’s easy to attribute this to Vladimir Putin’s appetite for empire, but for a long time now the West …

Can the president legally bypass Congress and rule the government by decree? The answer to the question above is: No. But you wouldn’t know that by listening to President Obama. In the past three weeks, the president has made it clear how he plans to run the executive branch of …

When it comes to making resolutions to be healthier, we spend a lot of time thinking about what to eat. While choosing a balanced variety of healthy foods is important, how you eat foods can ultimately make or break your success. Research shows that mindful eaters tend to eat less …

“One reason that action to limit growing income inequality in the United States is difficult is that the growth in inequality is not a simple picture. Old-line leftists, if there are any left, would like to make it a single story—the rich becoming richer by exploiting the poor. But that’s …

A nativity scene at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina was abruptly removed last week. Now we know why. The recommendation to remove a Nativity from a Christmas display at the base came from Pentagon lawyers who feared the plastic Baby Jesus could give the appearance that the military …

Encouragement is like air — you can’t live without it. Without encouragement, there can be no empowerment for living a full and abundant life. Everyone needs an encouraging word. It inspires us to develop faith, hope and love for the future. A discouraging word will steal, kill and destroy us, …

It’s the 40th anniversary of Erica Jong’s “Fear of Flying,” which some have described as a breakthrough book for women and for modern feminism. Reduced to its common (and I do mean common) denominator, the book, which was written in the appropriately named “Me” Decade of the ’70s, encourages women …

The unforgettable moment of parental bonding in the delivery room deceives many parents. After all, in today’s society, mothers and fathers are encouraged to be there for their children from first breath, cutting the umbilical cord, cheering at soccer matches, and helping in the doctor’s office, where many a queasy …