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What three gifts you were given at birth? I’m not asking about your accomplishments or achievements. I’m certainly not asking what you made of yourself, …

Now that President Barack Obama has finally laid out a strategy to “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State, there are only two (very big) questions that …

WASHINGTON ― President Obama certainly didn’t go looking for another war in the Middle East. Indeed, he contorted himself almost to the breaking point to …

If you use the word “Keynesian” as a synonym for “socialist,” “progressive,” or “liberal,” well my friend, you’re doing it wrong. If you’ve …

Korean parents are well known for their enthusiasm for their children’s education, which usually entails a heavy financial burden. The burden is so heavy …

North Korean athletes have begun arriving here to attend the Incheon Asian Games opening later this week. The first batch of the 352-strong contingent arrived …

Anyone who has ever added extra pounds knows it’s much easier to gain weight than to lose it. Now the nation is learning that lesson too. In what is becoming …

NEW HAVEN ― The depression that followed the stock-market crash of 1929 took a turn for the worse eight years later, and recovery came only with the enormous …

The NFL is all about making billions of dollars a year selling its brand of glitzy gladiatorial violence and power. The kind of violence and power Ray Rice …

WASHINGTON ― The primary focus of the federal school meal programs should be meeting students’ needs. But for that to happen, there must be recognition …