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There's nothing to warm the heart of an aging generation more than reports of sniping, resentment and hostility between younger generations.

Generation X, in particular, feels slighted by its place in the birth order, stuck between the baby boomers and Gen Y, the Echo Generation.

Heart disease has generally been thought to be an affliction associated with modern civilization -- fast food, salt, lack of exercise, smoking, stress. And it's true that as countries like China and India become increasingly developed, heart disease is increasingly prevalent.

In a series of interviews with the TV networks before he left China, President Barack Obama disclosed that he is angered by the leaks that have accompanied his protracted deliberations over Afghanistan and considered the unauthorized disclosures a firing offense.

I understand the outrage over new federal guidelines suggesting a much more limited (and less expensive) approach to screening women for breast cancer. I just watched Rep.

When a military officer participates in a war against his own country, that is high treason, and that is the charge that ought to be brought against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. But it's not going to happen.

I have an acquaintance that is so sarcastic -- should I say cynical -- that when I told him I was writing about education reform, he asked how would it affect high-school football.

After decades of studies about how the nation's children should be educated for the challenges of the 21st century, pom-poms should not rate very high.

When California's political consultants share war stories, 1988's immensely expensive, multi-front battle between insurance companies and lawyer-backed consumer groups takes center stage.

It is not often that a sappy show on TV spurs me to write a column about something, especially if that something happens to be one of the Ten Commandments.

The official American attitude toward the king of England, and by extension royalty generally, is in the Declaration of Independence, the less-read part after the famous first two paragraphs. The signers were opposed to any kind of obeisance to an autocrat.

The first news blurbs Monday seemed like the sort of rushed reporting that would be followed by a journalist's red-faced correction. Then it got more shocking. The blurbs were true.