A few weeks ago I attended the funeral of a friend. As I stood in line waiting to share my condolences with her family, I viewed a thoughtfully constructed video of her life. The video featured a collage of photos sewn together with comforting background music. Many of us have viewed similar ...

I hurt my knee taking a step onto a riser in a performance at my kids' elementary school the other day. I'm not sure yet how serious the injury is, but it's the kind of incident that makes you feel about 100 years old and like a complete moron. I mean, who gets hurt taking the stairs? ...

History doesn't always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others'. Example: Woodrow Wilson, a stubborn Southerner, refused to involve any Republicans, all Northerners in those days, in treaty negotiations after World War I. His treaty version, ...

My 11-year-old son recently went to Salt Lake City for a field trip to the Utah Symphony. He told me that as he was walking there with his class, he noticed a sign that said "F*** ICE." Yes, the word was spelled out. Several days ago, he said that while he was walking home from school, he saw ...

There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that masquerades as principle and the American left has perfected it. It goes by either "international law" or "norms." These phrases are invoked with religious fervor whenever the United States or one of its allies takes action in the ...

Boys and girls don’t just behave differently — they literally sense the world differently. Research in neuroscience and developmental psychology shows that children’s sense of smell develops along distinct pathways, shaping everything from emotional regulation to learning, social bonding, ...